I understand they keep sample of malignant tumors ten years -- however they said your were not malignant so (!?)...

I would definitey get a second opinion on the pathology. Send to one of the top HNC CCC such as Sloan-Kettering, MD Anderson or Johns Hopkins. This is an easy matter, or should be, it is done all the time. Barry's tissue samples were at a local hospital where his tonsillectomy was done, they sent their original slides to Hopkins and cut new slides for the second opinion at Sloan. All the pathologists agreed exactly but that is by no means universal. I have a friend who had prostate cancer biopsy slides read by three pathologists: local lab, "no cancer"; Walter Reed, cancer but too small to grade; Hopkins (top PC pathologist) -- Gleason 6 adenocarcinoma. Not the best news but it told him what to do.

Gail