Hello @monique16. After reading your ordeal, I simply have to write down my own journey in trying to figure out what was causing my increasing pain. I am sorry to be boring.
After several different ENT's performed the same scoping procedure (in-office, through nostril down to throat area) plus, a CT scan with contrast, I was given several different bogus prognoses. I remember going into the ER, crying in pain. The doctor on call told me that he could assure me I did not have cancer, and that a CT scan would be a "waste of money." Well, that would end up being a truthful statement! After DEMANDING a CT scan, the Radiologists somehow missed a rather large cancerous tumor near my vocal cords.
My long journey began due to right-sided throat and ear pain, which was escalating severely. So, over approximately one year, I was told I had "arthritis in my neck," I needed my tonsils out (this ENT even scheduled the operation), I needed mental counseling for imagining pain, and the grand finale was the CT scan! The Radiologists determined I had "Eagles Syndrome." This is a bone overgrowth into nerves condition, which is rare. As for the tonsils, before subjecting myself to this surgery, I consulted with my family doctor. She confirmed my tonsils had "atrophied away" due to age! I am now age 65 and was age 60 then. Disgusted, I cancelled the surgery, and the ENT. I can only cringe when I think of what would have happened had I allowed the ENT to due throat surgery, when in fact I had a tumor in my throat.
That inner voice we develop when we keep the line with our creator open through prayer, explicitly directed me to keep on going. Frustrated too, my family doctor suggested I make an appointment with an Indiana University ENT. This fourth ENT performed the same, exact scoping as all the others, yet he found the cancerous tumor with seconds.
It is good you have had a biopsy, but please do not accept all the diagnoses just because they come from doctors. Keep your prayers going upward, giving thanks to God for providing you with clarity of your situation. Ask God to direct your path. If I had not listened to the inner voice, I would be long dead. Best Wishes to You.
@thomason
I always like your replies because it gives a very fair and balanced perspective of listening to your gut first, not every diagnosis is correct, not to believe the first thing you hear from a doctor.
To truly match your intuition with what you are being recommended is what many people need to improve upon.
Happy for you that you found the correct answer!