[quote=reverie]Simple Gifts, did your tonsil look the way I described mine, and what was the process to your diagnosis? Did you have a tonsillectomy or was he able to determine SCC from a less invasive procedure? Can you tell me what I should do to get the fastest and most accurate diagnosis possible given what I suspect it is? Thanks. [/quote]

The description from the ENT's report is "some scarring and a little indented area of the upper part of the anterior tonsillar pillar on the right side, but there is also a piece of waht appears to be tonsillar tissue hanging down. Impression: Growth of right tonsil vs. scarring. Recommendation: Microlaryngoscopy with biopsy."

After the surgery, he said he wasn't sure what he removed as it did not look like a typical cancer. I thought I was getting a simple biopsy (take a snip and and send it to the lab), but obviously I didn't ask detailed questions about the procedure. He did explain that tonsil cancer does not mean the cancer is in the tonsil, but rather the tonsil area.