Jenn..... I am not a doctor, and more than that, i do not all the details of your situation. That you did not take my advice is no issue to me, and shouldn't be to you. I merely wanted you to get diagnosed as soon as possible so that if there was something serious you could catch it at the earliest possible time. FNB's are indeed dependent on one of the several pucntures hitting the spot where the cancer is. They can miss things. Scans have their issues too. There is no scan that diagnosis cancer, they only yield clues that might lead someone to belieive that it is cancer. What you are left with is a need for a piece of the suspect area that can be looked at under a microscope for a definitive answer. If this comes back negative from the removal of the tonsil we'll all cheer for you... if it comes back as something more serious, we'll all be here for you. Don't put too much weight on my opinions. While I take lots of courses and am at cancer symposiums all the time, l'm just one person out here who is still learning myself. Let's hope this turns out to be some infectious process and this is one group you don't have to join.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.