Monday Dec 22, 2008 -- The next step after the PET scan that indicated my left tonsil was the likely primary tumor was a biopsy of my left tonsil.

I met Dr Huang at the Antioch facility, where she was working that Monday. After a spray of a topical and an injection of local anesthetic, three tissue samples were removed. I expected them to be cut out but it felt more like ripped out; not painful but not pleasant either. Dr. Huang said she would refer me to Dr. Fong for consultation. I didn’t know it then but I would later be very happy that I had Dr. Fong on my team.