Hi I am.so scared I may have cancer of my mouth. I don't have any tonsils bur still.get pain. However I have had a white patch on the back of where my left.tonsil would be. I have earache and a swollen lymph node. I am on antibiotics which have made no difference ??? Yes I am a smoker however I have not.touched one since Wednesday when I began the antibiotics.... I am back at doctors on Wed.