Hi everyone,
I hope everyone is well.
Im posting for some extra advice as I've been experiencing a nagging sore throat on my left side for over seven weeks now.
I had a throat infection mid October which seemed to go away with antibiotics. The sore throat returned and didn't get better after a couple of weeks and so I contacted my GP. Im not experiencing any other symptoms other than the pain radiates into my left ear and side of face sometimes. In the last few weeks after several phone appointments I have had two bacterial swabs (which both came back normal) a trip to the dentist to rule out anything dental, a sexual health gets to rule out anything like that, two covid tests both came back negative and a blood test to see if my inflammation markers were up (which were normal)
they've now put me on a second course of antibiotics for 10 days and I've been told that if they don't work or it doesn't get better then they will refer me to ENT. I'm concerned though that it's already been 7 weeks along with another 2 weeks and then the time to wait for an ENT appointment - so it could be over three months before I'm even seen.
I feel like there are weird flesh coloured patches at the back of my throat and some bobbly flappy bits (best way to describe) but only one junior doctor has had a look and said it looked normal. The only other doctor to actually see my throat was the one who diagnosed tonsillitis in the beginning... and I don't even have tonsils! (Had them removed when I was 9)
im freaking out abit that it could be cancer and time is precious - I'm a 30 year old male and generally describe myself as otherwise physically fit. Anyone been through something similar or have any advice?
TIA
James