The human body is wierd indeed. Amazing machine all on it's own. I guess issues for me always happen on a weekend or holiday. I must have been having a really bad day the other day for the pain to be as bad as it was. Today seems a lot better still my ear is not painful but it grabs my attention once in a while when my mind is idle...lol...I am still not ruling out an infection though...so I will contact my nurse and check things out if I still have this after my physio tomorrow...Thanks everyone for your support...but infection or fluid from the removed nodes sounds like pretty reasonable answers...but only the doctor would know that