Hi everyone, first off I just want to say I've been reading through some of this forum the past few weeks and you folks are all incredible people who are going through things that most can't even imagine, yet still manage to make others, like myself, feel comfortable on here. For that I am grateful. To my story...

I am 25 years old and have been in generally good health my whole life other than some anxiety. Don't smoke and drink only on occasion. About 5 months ago I had a pretty bad upper respiratory infection that left me pretty drained for a month or so. One night during this whole thing I went to swallow a pill and it felt like it got stuck in the back of my throat, so being my anxious self I spent the whole night poking and prodding and snorting and trying to cough up a pill that wasn't there. Ever since that night I began to notice that when I eat nuts or other crunchy things little pieces get stuck in the back of my throat easier. This feeling would come and go without any pain or noticeable swelling or any symptoms.

I never thought to check out the very back of my tongue until about 3 weeks ago when the lump feeling in my throat became prominent. Now every time I swallow without food I feel this scratch or bumpy feeling on the right side of my throat. If I look in the mirror deep back on my tongue I can see that my papillae in the back that form the "V" are swollen and the area behind it has large bumps on it. If I look back as far as I possibly can I see a bigger rough area that has to be causing the sensation in my throat. Can't see real we'll though. I've also been having right ear pain and a clogged feeling off and on the past few days so I don't know what's going on. I have an appointment with the ENT tomorrow, but right now I can't find any other diagnoses that my symptoms point to other than BOT cancer even though I'm pretty young for that. Still pretty worried about this though.