Hi,
I had been experiencing fluid trapped in my ear for a while. It was bothering me so terribly one night, that I tried to feel in throat to see if I could feel something blocking it. That is when I felt a reall hard mass, about 3/4 inch wide, at least an inch long, inside of my tonsil. The last thing I thought of at that point was cancer.

Nevertheless, I made an appointment for my ear and tonsil. I was referred to an ENT. I had a CT scan after that, which showed nothing but an enlarged tonsil. So, it's not a calcification and there are no swollen lymph nodes. They've been watching me carefully. Meanwhile, I read all the horror on the internet.
So, last appointment, he finally brings up Squamous Cell Carcinoma. I have smoked very little in my life and am a 33 year old female, btw. I'm healthy. So far, there are no other symptoms other than the huge, scary-feeling mass in my tonsil that is not a calcification and an ear that won't drain. I have read that 75% of these masses are malignant. My doctor says I have about a 10-20% chance of it being malignant. And, with it probably being the HPV-related malignancy, there is a 90% cure rate. He seems to put all of his eggs into the 'because of the lack of risk factors, my likelihood of it being cancer is very marginal' basket. Never mind the fact that I have a very suspicious mass in my tonsil.
So, I have opted for a tonsillectomy. He wants to wait until September-October. I am preparing myself for a cancer diagnosis. I have planned to refuse radiation, unless it starts to spread.

Any thoughts on all of this? I'm terrified. This is something that I never anticipate happening. I guess know does. I know that I haven't been 'diagnosed' yet. But, I don't know what else it could be.