I've had this on and off for a couple of weeks now. I can only feel it on one side and my anxiety is creeping up and up. I think I have tmj (I clench my jaw a lot at night and it's worse on that side) and I also get tonsil stones from time to time. However when I swallow there is some discomfort in my ear as well as the lump feeling in my throat. My anxiety is telling me:
Thyroid cancer
Lymph node cancer
Cancer of the pharynx / throat
For some reason the more logical explanations seem so unlikely to me. I am tired even at the thought of going to the Dr for this and the endless waiting for tests. It's exhausting. I've been through it so many times for one reason or another, but I'm worried as usual that if I don't go, I will miss 'cancer' and it will get so advanced that by the time it's discovered it will be too late to do anything about it. So tired of this!