New hi all my first question

Hi Toe beans 

Sorry to see you here but this is a good place to be for help. 
Squamous cell carcinoma is an aggressive cancer but not invasive distantly so try not to worry about any wait. I’m presuming that’s what has been found in your lymph nodes. There is a tried and tested pathway for this. Referral to ent suggests they are looking for the primary cancer in your throat which is where it is found most if the time. 
You should be seen at ENT within a couple of weeks. 
Dint worry about a delay. I was diagnosed in a September and my RT didn’t start till mid December. I’m fit and well over six years later. 
You’ll have lots of questions so stay with us and don’t panic. Thus sort of cancer has a cure rate of over 90%

Hi and welcome. 

I think everyone has a different path, some are very similar but a lot of the time there’s differences between the cases. 

I had the lump, doctors appt within a month and I was referred to hospital within 3 weeks. At that appt it was a nose endoscopy thing and a week later I had a FNA. 

one week after the FNA I got the call to say what it was. After that I had approximately 3 weeks between getting three scans done before I was on the operating table. 

Some people have timelines on their profiles, check them out as they may give you an idea. I honestly don’t think they arrange appointments based on it being serious or not, I think it’s all just down to workload but I could be wrong about that. Try not to worry too much. Once the waiting is over, things do tend to move fast 

Thank you for your reply I’ll type out what the initial letter said. Had big words in it (submandibulr) can’t remember the rest

Thank you all this is helping not worry “to much” and makes a bit of sense 

Hi Toe Beans

Like others have said try not to stress I was away  when I found a lump in my neck  in spain  I dismissed it as nothing for the next 12 weeks or so. How  foolish was I well I thought I had pulled a muscle cycling. I was fit healthy cycled 1100 km unbeknown to me I had tonsil cancer. I Was  put  on tge cancer pathway by gp pre covid so was seen in 2 weeks my treatment started around 8 weeks after. Here I am 7 years later living a fab life.  You have  found  us in here stick with us keep off dr Google you will frighten yourself even more reading on there. 

hugs Hazel x

Thank you so much, this my second time on this path, so we will see. 

Toe beans said:

Thank you so much, this my second time on this path, so we will see. 

B***er! 
Hope you get a speedy result xx sending you some virtual hugs.