Hi I have just found the exact same lump as you income same side of my neck the right side I'm very worried about this as  only 23 I have seen a nurse who gave me flucloxacillin and told me to keep and eye on it. It's not painfull and is about the size of a pea and rock hard it's on my neck just below earlobe. I really scared and don't know what to do

Hi Sam.  16 years ago I also had lump in my neck and inside of my mouth my GP said it was tonsillitis and I was treated for two years with penicillin  tablets until I insisted I see a ENT specialist who intern looked in my mouth and sent me for an emergency biopsy which  confirmed in time I had in fact got T-cell  lymphoma which I was treated for successfully. I have since had it  twice more, but I'm still here after  two stem cell transplants.  So if you are really concerned insist to your GP that you get referred to an ENT specialist. But don't assume it will be cancer as it can be various things. But also in saying that the treatments now are excellent and it doesn't mean the end of life as I am here to prove that.  Try to stay positive I know it is difficult but just keep your chin up  and get it sorted 

Hi Westy.  I have had similar to what you describe, a pea-sized hard lump that I can wiggle around a bit - almost like you can a ganglion - on the right side of my neck below the earlobe but back a bit.  It's been there for months, and I went to see the doctor about it.  She said it was viral, and had a had an itching scalp or anything like that lately?!  I said sometimes my head itched and she said well that's what it is then.  Seemed weird.  Anyway, it's still there months later, same place.  Nothing anywhere else that I'm aware of.  I feel I want to go back and see my own doctor (when I went before I saw a different one) for a second opinion, but you know how it is, we don't like to bother the doctors too much or seem like a hyperchondriac so I haven't.  I feel absolutely fine in myself but just wonder why it's still there. I suspect from reading this page that it's perhaps quite common but would be interested to hear what the doctor has to say if you do go.  Best of luck.