Hi everyone, my name is Amanda and I've had a rather stessful summer so far. For some background info: I first noticed a lump to the right of my windpipe on June 16 and later went to the doctor's about it. He prescribed antibiotics and sent me home. Those did not help, and I actually developed another lump to the left of my windpipe (although it's not as hard as the one on the right). So he left my diagnosis for the time being as adenopathy of the anterior cervical lymph nodes. However, I did have a CBC done and an infection was indicated both times (both before and after the antibiotics were administered). So then he decided to send me to an oral surgeon to see if there was a chronic infection in my mouth somewhere that would cause them to swell up (especially since my blood count did look better after the treatment of antibiotics). That particular appointment was yesterday morning, and I was panicking at that point because I noticed about a week ago that I have a...well, lump may not be the best term...but something, in any case, on the floor of my mouth on the right side. I can feel a little bump with my tongue but when I feel with my finger it's like a squishy piece of skin. When I examined this area further and compared it to the other side of my mouth, it seems like I have what feels like a wet sponge or something on the floor of my mouth. It's squishy, not exactly hard, and isn't white or red (looks the same as the other side, except the back appears to be a bit more raised up). And although the oral surgeon said my mouth was perfect and normal, he seemed rushed and I don't know if it really is normal or something is wrong. He did find an impacted wisdom tooth on the bottom right that needs to come out eventually (I only just turned 19 in May, which is making this more stressful for me), but apparently he thinks the rest of my mouth is normal. And now I have an appointment at the end of the month with a hematologist because for some reason my doctor is convinced that if this isn't an infection and is cancer, it's going to be a lymphoma of some sort. So, I'd like to ask a few questions about my situation and your situations as well.

Did anyone diagnosed with oral cancer have no other symptoms other than an invisible lump in the mouth and/or swollen lymph nodes? Am I being too paranoid about this since I am a 19-year-old non-smoker and non-drinker (never have once and never will) with absolutely no chance of having HPV? Could an impacted wisdom tooth on one side of the mouth cause hard, painless, swollen lymph nodes on both sides of the neck? I am just so worried about this, especially since I'm moving back into my dorm in a few weeks and I would much rather be worrying about organic chemistry than cancer. I think what worries me the most other than what I think is a lump in my mouth combined with the swollen lymph nodes is that the area near the lymph nodes feels odd. Where I can feel my windpipe on one side, the other seems to have the lymph node flattening out and extending onto it and after reasearching online, I'm just afraid that this could be cancer from my mouth making its way down into my neck.