Thanks for all your input.

David, yes, he was everything you said he'd be plus a few more things! Lol. Though, I wish he would have smiled. Ok, so Dr. P never had to cut, right? I think for you the rads/chemo took care of it all?

I am not sure that I can make it all the way to Gulfport tonight. But if I choose to have my surgery at Moffitt, I know where I'll be eating before I go under!

Oh, he was very nice. He warned me not to skip my gyn appointments (never have).

Eileen, I didn't think the difficulty swallowing has to do with my huge left tonsil, as the ENT could see no obvious obstruction, but it is so much worse on that side than the other. He mumbled something about the "odd positioning" of the left tonsil causing it to appear bigger than the right when in fact he felt both were too big for an adult. At a minimum, chronically infected, but not overtly cancerous-looking though he seemed in a hurry to yank them.

Ray, yes...that acid reflux, I just wonder how much of my problems stem from the digestive stuff and not HPV/oc. Makes me kinda nervous he wants to do both while I'm under, is that possible? I mean, he is not a GI specialist, and the endoscopy goes pretty far down...to around the navel, I think.

Brian, if you are reading this I have a question for you. Your primary was on the tonsillar pillar, right? Did they remove that pillar? Both pillars? Neither pillar? I don't think he could make out the rough white patch on my right tonsil pillar but the lighting in that office left much to be desired. He will not remove any pillars because it interferes with swallowing (got enough problems with that as is). Thanks.

Side note: I don't want to alarm anyone (though anyone reading this board is probably already significantly alarmed), but the ENT mentioned sees a lot of tonsil cancers related to HPV. He didn't treat me like a hypochondriac at all nor question the possible etiology of my bulky tonsils. It's not considered rare anymore. But, the majority of ENTs still don't believe this connection including my local ENT.