Hi, I'm new on this forum & apologise if I'm wasting anyone's time or if it's not relevant to anyone else. I'd just be grateful to hear from anyone with the same symptom I have, what it is & what happened thereafter.
A couple of weeks ago I was quite alarmed to find a very hard lump, like a large pea size, inside the soft tissue of the throat side wall below my right tonsil. I can feel it clearly at full stretch of my middle finger, just past the mouth into the throat. It doesn't hurt, but I became aware of feeling something there all the time so had felt around. It does hurt a bit when I try and move it, but it doesn't move. I'm immuno-suppressed (on strong drug for Rheumatoid Arthritis) so have frequent mild sore throats etc, also chronic dry cough, breathlessness & bad heads that I think are due to the drug, plus have a lot of pains linked to the RA. As the lump is tucked away below the tonsil & abscured by the tongue, I haven't managed to get photos of it.
The GP had a quick feel but didn't check me properly, but said probably a tonsil cyst (but I thought they were softer not rock hard?) & to first get a dentist's opinion, which I am trying to do (but so hard to get an appointment) & depending on that I may be referred to ENT specialist.
I can't anything quite like it online, I've searched a lot. There is a lot on tonsil stones & swollen tonsils & cysts - but it's not reported if the cysts can be so hard. It's not a stone the GP said. It's one hard mass and inside the soft tissue. I'm always rather 'glandy' in the neck & armpits (again, due to being bad with the RA & drug), but haven't felt any new or different neck lumps etc.
I'd be very grateful to hear from anyone who has had something like this. Thank You.
