Back in January, I noticed my left tonsil was swollen which concerned me but it eventually went down a little, but is still noticeably bigger than the right. I had my doctor look at it 2 weeks ago and she said it was bigger but with no pain, redness or other symptoms to watch and make sure it doesn't grow but she thinks I'm fine. Now today my left ear has been hurting and itching so I went to urgent care where he said I have a minor outer left ear infection. He felt my neck and said my lymph nodes were swollen on my left side. Since that's the same side of my tonsil now I'm worried I have lymphoma as he even said my ear wasn't bad and it's just the outer ear so why would that make my lymph nodes swell??