Hi everyone,

I'm not sure if I'm over reacting , I'm only 16, im female. Last week I noticed one of my tonsils was swollen and I think it's been like that for a little while now. My other tonsil is completely fine, nothing wrong with it. It's not huge or anything but there's clearly a lump. I got very scared that I might have tonsil cancer or some kind of head and neck cancer after googling it. Other symptoms are only mild but I have slight discomfort swallowing, I have slightly bad breath, my ear sometimes aches a little bit, it's quite red around that area and I have a small ulcer near the tonsil, that's only been there a couple of days though. The bottom of my tongue around that tonsil also hurts slightly if i stick out my tongue. I went to the doctors on Monday, she said as I was quite young it unlikely it's cancer but I'm not feeling very reassured at all. I absolutely terrified, I can hardly sleep. I don't have any cold, flu or tonsilitis symptoms and the doctor did say it was unusual to have one tonsil swollen and for the other to be fine. She's given me antibiotics but I have a feeling they aren't going to work. I'm so scared, I keep thinking I have cancer and I keep imagining it spreading and that I'm going to die. I'm going back to the doctor on Monday and she said that if the swelling hasn't gone she will send me to an ent but waiting until Monday is absolutely killing me, I keep panicking I'm so scared. I know that it would probably be rare for me to have a cancer like this but it doesn't reassure  me. Also, side note, I know tonsil cancer can be caused by hpv but I definetly don't have hpv, which I guess makes it even less likely for me to have it, I don't know really, I just can't keep calm, I'm so nervous, I woke up in the middle of the night shaking because I'm so scared. I just have a bad feeling about it. And then I also feel guilty for worrying about it because,  hopefully, likely it's not cancer, and I know most people on here are probably going through something much worse and mine will likely turn out to be nothing, and I wish everyone on here the best. I'm just incredibly anxious about it. If anyone could offer any advice it would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you