Hey, I'm the same age as you and going through similar anxiety at the moment (Not had the swelling for as long though). I had to ring the doctors 3 times over the past week because my anxiety got that bad - my doctors kept telling me that it is rare to have throat cancer/tonsil cancer and it's extremely rare for people our age to have this cancer as it's usually people in their late 50s who have abused their mouth with alcohol and cigarettes over years or have HPV. I know how you're feeling because I just want to be seen by a doctor and tested to put my mind to rest but unfortunately this pandemic has taken over. I also learned that googling things has just made me feel 10x worse so I'd advise against doing that because it's never helpful and you build more stress. Have you had any pain with your swollen tonsil/lump? 

Hey, I am really sorry to hear that you are going through the same feelings as me, yeah I have heard it is really rare to get tonsil cancer and especially at our age but with the lump its making me think it might be lymphoma because a close friend of mine same age had it and he had similar symptoms as me which scares me a lot, yes thats it its horrible to have this stuff playing on your mind for so long with no answers or any sign of getting to the bottom of the issues and yes goggle doesn't help my anxiety at all, no pain in my tonsil but I noticed only the past week that I am now starting to get a bit of neck pain that I haven't had for the past 4months so I am not sure, I hope you also get answer soon and they are postive ones!

I'm sorry to hear that. Do you have any other symptoms beside those ones? And is the swelling on your tonsil significant? 

To be honest the swelling isn't massive it isn't causing an abstruction or anything but its pretty noticable, I have had Diarrhea and a few headaches but apart from that nothing else.

It might be worth ringing your doctor again this week and stress your concerns - have they told you it's likely to be lymphoma? Or do they not know what's causing it? I imagine ENT specialists are limiting appointment now due to COVID which is annoying :/

Yeah I'm going to on monday because I am just sick of feeling like this, they haven't told me anything really because they haven't done any real tests besides my blood test, they tested for glandular fever but it came back negitive, so I am not sure.

Hey, any update? :)

Hey, well I found them yesterday and they actually said that before the doctors where been super harsh and he said that my blood test seemed very normal, he asked if I wanted another so I said yes and also is sending me for a ultrasound of my neck he said I should get an update in the post so at least things are going somewhere now :) how are you with your situation ?

Waiting for a response from my doctor! I messaged them to say I'm very anxious and would like my gland to be checked somehow so I can breathe again - I've made myself believe it's deadly over the past few days and haven't eaten/slept. It's hell :(

I know the waiting is the worst :( i know its really hard to think positive but we have to, I guess we are healthy until proven otherwise haha, but I know the feeling when you tell yourself something and start to believe it its hard to override that, but if you need someone to talk to when you are feeling down just drop me a message happy to help because I know sometimes I also need someone to talk to when I am worried about my symptoms!