Hi not sure if writing here is a good idea but some information on peoples experience will be a big help. 

For months I have been having issues with my left ear, sharp shooting pain, muffled hearing and tinnitus  with having children Iv just put it to the back of my mind until it’s got so much worse! I have also had really bad dizziness but I also have an iron deficiency so I put the dizziness down to that. 

I finally went to my gp as my symptoms was getting worse, and he said I had a retracted eardrum with no sign of infection and referred me to see a specialist, the next day after seeing my Dr I noticed a lump about an inch in size behind my ear, I went back a few days later and he said it was most probably a swollen lymph node. 

That was 4 weeks ago the lump is still there and it’s hard, doesn’t move and I feel it’s slightly bigger, I went to the specialist the other day he checked my ears, said the same retracted eardrum with pressure behind it, checked my hearing and it’s slightly down but nothing concerning. He said the pressure should eventually go back to normal. 

As for the lump he said it could be my spine?? How I do not know as it’s behind my ear lobe. He said I’m too young for it to be anything like cancer? To young, I am 35 he would have sent me on my way if it wasn’t for me mentioning my nephew had 1 infront of his ear that for months everyone said it was a lymph node until they scanned it and now he has to have a tumor removed! 

Today I felt another above it but this is really small and bead like I really feel like it’s the big lump that’s causing this constant pain and fullness in my ear like it’s putting pressure on something Did anyone else feel like this??

my scan is a week on Monday. 

Thabks in advance