Okay....
Call your H & N surgeon and get in ASAP, but insist on a referral to the cancer center. This is your life. Don't let the docs mess around with it.

Rainbows & hugs from Bossy #2 wink ,
Rosie

P. S. Whoops! We must have been writing at the same time. I posted this, then immediately saw your reply to Helen, so I added this P.S. Glad you took her advice.

Was primary caregiver to my daughter Heather who had stage IV base of tongue SCC w/ primary recurrence. Original diagnosis August 21st, 2002. Primary recurrence March 18th, 2003. Died October 6th, 2003.