Thankyou so much for your lovely replies. One thing that i should have mentioned is that i had my main tonsils (whatever they are called) removed as a child. I know you have other tonsils in your mouth though. Does this make any difference?

Yes, i thought it strange that any cancer would cross the midline and maybe in my mind, thats why ive left it a month. Still, my symptoms are very real and ear ache has just woken me up actually. Im in England, hence the time difference. Oh, over here we see dentists first who then refer on to ENT if concerned. You cant just self refer to them :-( There are time scales ie if cancer suspected by a dentist, patient had to be seen by ENT or max fax within 2 weeks.

I think you are all amazing people and love it that you support each other so well.