Don't know what to say @Blossom1961, not your year. I hope your lymph is inflammation and nothing more sinister.
Poor hubby. I understand the waiting. My husband is waiting surgery for kidney cancer. He was diagnosed in July. We have been told it surgery will be before 29th December but still have not got a date. They did say that if an opportunity came up in a different hospital for him then they were transfer his case there to get the surgery earlier. Maybe you could look into a similar option.
So hard with so much uncertainty. Best wishes to you and your hubby.