Im very glad you have had a successful surgery. Comparing a biopsy to a surgery is not close to an equal comparison. Biopsies take a teeny tiny sample of tissue where removing your tonsils took substantially more tissue. A biopsy takes tissue about the size of a grain of rice and removing tonsils would be significantly greater amount so after effects would be drastically different.

You have done the right thing in calling your doc to get a much sooner appointment. You could have an infection going on or some sort of fluid retention causing swelling. Infections can quickly turn into a serious health concern. I normally do not show the usual signs of infections and am usually pretty surprised when that kind of thing happens to me. Many here who have been diagnosed with OC do not have many obvious symptoms which is often why OC is not noticed when its in its earliest stages. Hopefully what you have is nothing major. Good luck!!!


Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile