Biopsy

sparkydog said:

what I don’t understand is why do they not take a biopsy straight away?

The reason is that a biopsy interferes with the scan and ENT want to see the extent of any lesion (abnormality)

Have you had a nasoendoscopy? If you haven't ask the surgeon to go through the images on the screen with you as he/she does it.

It might be useful to put a quick synopsis of what's happened so far in your profile so that any answer offered actually helps.

Try not to panic. A few weeks delay along the diagnostic path won't make any difference to your prognosis if it is cancer. 

Thank you for the reply, what is really troubling is the difference in a few days & going to the GP they said can’t see anything sinister & take neurofen, they sent me to the hospital in the first place lol. I have just emailed the ENT again with two images from Thursday & this morning, clearly changed, more growth on & above the tonsil, just 3 days later is really freaking me out, especially as I’m in that waiting game GP says nothing, ENT says you have to wait. Eating is like swallowing barbed wire, my ears, jaw & throat hurts like mad.. term I’m stuck really & I guess most people on here have gone through this, mentally on the floor exhausted & more upset this morning when my ten year old told me how thin I look now & not fat, I’m concerned I’m this thin too.. I’m not even hungry anymore & I’m a pig/foodie .. apart from this group I don’t know what to do, no one even bothered in healthcare. 

If you don’t hear anything in 10 days give the department a ring. It’s just waiting and worrying now but you are in the system. You have to hang on. 

Hi best advise stop looking into your mouth. I never ever looked didn’t want to see I left it to the experts I was 63 days from bring out on cancer pathway to first treatment but the lump had been in my neck at least 3 months. 

wr can’t rush the waiting just remember the cure rate us excellent compared to many cancers

hazel x

Hi hazel, yeah I’m thinking I’m doing myself a favour by monitoring it making sure of any changes, I can see that’s a double edged sword really…. I think you are right I’ll step back on that, I was doing some projects today & forgot about it for a while. I’m thinking my head is playing with physical symptoms too, my throat & ears hurt but I think my thoughts go to symptom checking so much I’m bringing them on, I have had tinnitus since a kid, that’s the same I can tune out or let it be bothersome….. hope you are well & thank you for the reply 

I will do & thank you for for the reply 

Hu I’m great thank you. Riding my bike 60 km yesterday walked 15 km today. I am living by my motto one life live it. Fingers x you don’t have to wait too long g but yes keeping busy will help. Springs on its way go for a walk the sound of the birds always lifts the spirits 

hugs Hazel x