Lingual Tonsils

I'm a 41 yr old woman who got a throat infection in January 2010. I went to my GP and prescribed Amoxicillin for 10 days. After a few days, the sore throat went away, but I started getting a pain in my neck--front left with pain radiating up to my jaw/left ear. The pain is generally dull and intermittent, with occasional sharp jabs in the front of my neck. My throat is occasionally sore, but not always.

About a month later, my throat was sore again, so I went back to the dr. He said my left tonsil was enlarged and put me on another round of Amoxicillin for 10 days. After about a week with no improvement, I went back and he then put me on Doxycycline for 10 days. The enlarged left tonsil went back to normal, but I STILL have this neck pain.

I went to an ENT last week who put a camera down my nose and he said I had an enlarged left Lingual tonsil. I'm now on Augmentin 875mg 2x a day for 3 weeks. It's been 8 days on the meds and I feel absolutely no improvement. Shouldn't the pain be subsiding somewhat at this point??

I just requested an appt with another ENT referred by my GP. Everythign I've been reading online has me scared to death about cancer! The first ENT said he didn't see anything abnormal--he checked my tongue and mouth, etc.

Thanks!