Ian, I am happy for your clean check. The tightness and pain in the neck is very possibly caused by the stress of this worry. Try your best to put this whole idea of cancer out of your mind. In a couple of days you might be surprised that the pain and tightness just go away.

Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.