You should be having regular exams that include palpation and visual. Why were they not doing this during your treatment? How did they miss an enlarged gland? I'd get on them bigtime. 'Next week' is unacceptable.

dx 2/13/06. modified radical neck dissection 3/9/06 multiple biopsies of upper airway and direct laryngoscopy. 1 of 47 lymph nodes positive for metastatic undifferentiated carcinoma (lymphoepithelioma). Unknown primary. Finished radiation 5/24/06.