Thanks. The parotid has been there several years until changing recently. The other has been there 7 months. Unfortunately, insurance change in the middle which made me switch docs and now have to have referrals anywhere. My doc has to get a preauthorization and justify with documentation why to send me out of the area (I will need to travel 4 or more hours to get to a specialist). He won't do that because the MRI was normal as relating to the symptoms - they did find a cyst on the spine (I've also had 3 rounds of antibiotics). At this point, I'm not as worried as to what it might or could be (that's of no use right now), but just horribly frustrated. Thanks for listening.