I'm a bit worried after going to the gp on Monday, I was meant to be going to get a tonsil stone removed, but my gp said it's not tonsil stones it's a polyp, he also said my tonsils are sunken, so has referred me to the Ent hospital, and said I need my tonsils out. I'm scared as I've already lost x4 members of my family to cancer, 3 of them in 2015 including my mom. My throat has been sore now for a good few months and occasionally get earache on that side,  I'm 41 and a smoker and I first noticed this white lump on my tonsil March last year so it's been there a while now, and can feel a lump in my neck. I'm so isolated none of my family lives close they're over an hour away, I'm so alone. Has anyone had this and it's not been the c word ?