I guess my ENT felt that the full removal would give him the best results. He stated that sometimes he uses a local anesthesia and sometimes he uses general anesthesia depending on his evaluation. He stated that he would probably use a general anesthesia since he's not sure how much it may have changed in the past five months. I can't tell that it has changed much, maybe just a little more elongated. When I go for my pre-op appt on Monday afternoon, he stated they would go over everything with me and let me know his final evaluation and recommendation. He stated that they would do a lot of blood tests also at that time, and my surgery is scheduled for Friday at the hospital ambulatory surgical section. What is generally involved in an excision of a small lymph node? A 2" incision doesn't sound too radical, but then I don't know what others have had. I'm mostly concerned about muscle tissue and nerves in that area, and I plan to speak to him at length on Monday about this. Any suggestions? Thanks, TGF