Hi there :)
I am a 28 year old female, none smoker, rarely drink.
I have had some annoying symptoms with my right tonsil for probably a year now but always ignored it thinking it would be a viral or bacterial infection that would pass!! No such luck yet...
The symptoms include sharp pain alternating with dull pain in the tonsil and some rare and very intermittent right sided ear pain.
Recently I noticed it felt like I was only swallowing on the left side of my throat and when I had a good look my right tonsil looks really odd... swollen and very bumpy and some discoloration (some very pale areas).
So I took myself off to the GP hoping for some antibiotics as it was probably very infected, however my GP said there is no sign of an infection and referred me to ENT.
I've tried googling (I know I shouldn't - bring on the cancer anxiety) to get some idea of what ENT would be looking for/what to expect and maybe get a good idea of questions I should be asking, but its making me more anxious of course. Thought it might be nicer to talk to actual people? Instead of having conversations in my head nd trying to answer them with Google Haha!
Has anyone had anything similar and got an idea of what type of tests they can do on the day or soon after? And how much of a discussion the doctors tend to have with you on your initial visit? Or could it likely be a long anxious waiting game?
