I would recommend getting your tonsils out at Moffitt. I like you used my local ENT--started as growths on my vocal cord which went on for two years (HPV related pappillomas). My ENT sent me on and a specialist thought my tonsil looked weird...month later I was diagnosed with squamous cell carinoma. I have always wondered if I'd gone on to a place that sees cancer more if they would have found it earlier. They did a radical tonsillectomy on the left then got a second opinion at MD Anderson in Houston and the CT Scan made my right tonsil suspcious (rare to have it in both but it can happen). Luckily my right tonsil was clear. Even if you have the tonsils removed you always will have some tonsil tissue. Good luck!