Well thank you all for the encouragement! I am unsure where to post this but..because of your advice..thanks Lynn,Mark & Bob I have successfully persuaded my Head & Neck Surgeon to get me in for a needle biopsy this Friday! I am releived;for one to be putting our minds at ease (I am a mother of three, happily partnered and not quite 40) secondly to become more educated, informed and active in this passive role I have been playing of Cancer patient. I always used to say "Don't let anything but Fear & Common sense get in your way".....since my diagnosis I won't even let Fear ever get in my way again. My thoughts & prayers go out to you all.