Hello Gary,
My case is somewhat similar to yours and I am not that far ahead of you. I had a lymph node pop out and it was biopsied in sept. of last year and was told that it was SCC but they did not know the origin, they did several biopsies in my mouth to find the origin and it turned out to be my right tonsil(which they removed). I then had 33 IMRT treatments along with 3 rounds of chemo, after that I then had a neck dissection. They found that there was still some cancer in the lymph node that they diagnosed in Sept. but in no others, at least in the 22 that they took out. I am doing pretty good now considering, however that being said I am having some problems with my mouth and was told that I now have ORN (osteoradioncrosis)from the radiation and will be starting HBO treatments next week. AHHHHHH if it ain't one thing it is another. There is no choice but to soldier on and carry on the fight. That is what you have to do Gary is carry on the fight many of us are in the same boat yet have to follow our own path, each one of us can offer one another some guidance, so welcome aboard and lean on us when you need to.
lenny