Thanks for your concern. You are the first I heard from. Well, I went in last Monday AM to the ENT and they sprayed my nostrils with some numbing fluid and slid a camera thru my nose to see down in my throat. Pretty high-tech stuff. You could see the inflamed tissue as she compared it to the left side of my throat. She said she didnt think it was cancer and felt it and said they are normally a hard "mass". She gave me an Rx for some steroid medicine to swish and spit (dexamethasone) and another to fill in 2 weeks if not better. What she really stressed was for me to stop sticking my fingers down there because that it what is also irritating it. It has felt much better now but today, the sensation is back. I asked her if I could come back for a follow up visit and she said that would be fine. I will wait for another 2-3 weeks and if this is not gone, I will ask to get a biopsy done.I dont want it to get big and spread to my glands,etc.She said she sees these types of things on one side of the throat all the time but I think she may have seen my anxiety and wanted me to not worry so much. I will keep you posted.