This is my 1st post so it may suck. I had a sore throat and everyone said it was tonsil stones and it was. But as time passed, it got worse intermittent pain in right ear and swollen nodes. Went to clinic and they say stones and strep.....give me antibiotics. Swelling goes down, pain better but pain slowly comes back.

At this point, it really just doesn't feel the same as before. Schedule with an ENT and he said I won't be pain free until tonsils are removed but surgery is elective. I chose to have surgery.

I had tonsilectomy on 6/27 and on 7/2 the ENT called to tell me there was cancer in them. Now a cancer patient ....have had PET, CT, bloodwork. Have appt with radiologist Monday and am scheduled for lingual tonsil removal and neck dissection in Aug.

I guess my point is I would still be hurting with cancer and not know it if I had not perused it. Even with the stones, no one referred me to an ENT or suggested it because all you could see was stones. The cancer was hiding behind it. So glad my insurance does not require a referral.

I think you have taken the right steps but if it continues I would suggest you keep searching. The CT I just had shows nothing...maybe because tonsils are gone.

I don't want to alarm anyone. I just want everyone to be alert to changes because I feel overwhelmed with what happened to me. My ENT was so upset when he called because to look at it, there was no indication. He was glad he decided to have it biopsied.