Hi, 

This is a bit of a long story, but I'll try and keep it short. I just wondered if there was anyone on here who had been through anything similar? 

I started to get a sore throat not long after lockdown. I put it down to stress as there were no signs of infection from looking at my throat. Then some white spots appeared on my right tonsil. I obviously couldn't see a doctor, but, i was given penicillin over the phone and the symptoms cleared up. A few weeks later the pain came back, as did the white spots on the right tonsil. I was given another prescription and told to call if it didn't help. It didn't, so I called back and got to see a doctor this time. It was discovered that I had tonsil stones, but he also pointed out that my left tonsil was enlarged and referred me to ENT. He said he didn't think it was cancer, but just to be on the safe side. This immediately alarmed me. 

I saw ENT last Friday and he looked at my throat and felt my tonsils and neck. He said that my left tonsil is enlarged and hard and that I have a swollen gland in my neck. Its the one that normally swells when you have an infection in your throat. He said it could either be a tonsil stone which has got stuck or tonsil cancer. These seem like very frightening odds to me. I'm 34. I'm awaiting an MRI on Sunday to see what's going on. I still have the sore throat and the location and severity of the pain changes daily. The tonsil that is swollen is not the one that I have previously seen stones in. So, that makes me more worried. He did tell me that on paper he thinks its a stone, but if its cancer they have to come out straight away. I'm consumed with anxiety over the whole thing. I just wondered if anyone has or has had similar symtoms and how they got on please?? Thank you