Thanks so much for your posts. Today was eventful. I decided to go to the hospital after stuggling to swallow my breakfast and having pain. They took bloods and an ENT looked down my throat through my nose again. This ENT also said everything fine but was concerned no diagnosis has been made after 3 months. They have arranged for an MRI on wednesday and a follow up consult on Friday. I was prescibed a bunch of pain killers and given a steroid injection for the inflammation. The ENT at the hospital said it is likely they will have to put me under and have a closer look at my throat. on a positive nost the pain in the aide near my ear has subsided and Swallowing has improved slightly though my throat is still sore and the glu mucus is still there. I think perhaps the meds they gave.me are working. I'm a bit confused as to why they can't see everything with the other scope which I have had 3 times now. Hoping some on here can answer a few questions for me.

1. why can't they see everything with the nose scope and have to do one while I'm asleep.

2. What are the statistics on this being cancer especially since I am still relatively young, being inly 28?

3. How is oral HPV cancer diagnosed? Everthing I read says a biopsy is needed but my ENT says from the scope so far there is nothing to biopsy.

4. Will the MRI detect cancer if it is there? I understand it won't diagnose frim my limited reading and a biopsy is needed for that?

Thanks in advance.
J.