Donna, thanks for the welcome. Hubby is 55, smoker, and first diagnosed with NH Lymphoma 10 years ago. He made it thru chemo treatments twice, and has been in remission for 7 years. He first noticed a small bump in his neck and went to his NHL oncologist who said it wasn't a lymph node, suggested a visit to his ENT. The parotid gland is one of your saliva glands. It's kinda crazy to say, but I'm thinking chemo was a breeze compared to what I believe he's about to go through.