Christine,

Thank you for writing me back so quickly. I appreciate it as you can imagine that I am a little anxious at the moment.

Based on what you are saying, I am leaning toward pursuing the ENT route first, as would prefer to avoid surgery at first if that is not necessary. I have had chronic bronchitis/laryngitis for the last several winters, so I have thought to see an ENT before. I am going to make a call to the referral service at my local hospital and work on getting that appointment. To be honest, I'm not sure if the lesion has come and gone, but the pain certainly has. I hope it's nothing serious too. I will do my best not to let my imagination run away with me.

Thank you again for answering my question, and I will be sure to update here.