Thank you kindly, DB.

Well, saw the consultant otolaryngologist (I don't know either!!) today, and had an endoscopic camera down my throat (yeuch), the lump palpated from inside and out simultaneously (ouch!), an ultrasound and a Fine Needle Aspiration (nippy).

All of which culminated in "It doesn't look quite right", an instruction to attend tomorrow for pre-operative assessment (for general anaesthetic purposes, I believe), prior to a biopsy and unilateral (left side) tonsillectomy next Tuesday.

Now, he says he doesn't know yet what is going on, but when talking to the lab about my ultrasound/aspiration results, he wrote down "mets" on his crib sheet....... now even as a mental health nurse, I know that ain't good!!

So I guess I'll have to wait and see what next week brings...... fingers crossed, eh?!

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