question: I have a swollen knot inside my ear in the front of it, I ll venture to say that s it s my lymph node. I also have some enlarged ones in my neck. I have pain in the spine of the back of my neck and occasionally I have sharp pains near the swollen lymph node by my ear. My doctor has told me numerous times that it s not cancer but I know that this has to be something because this is not normal. I m considering getting a second opinion, I just wanted to hear some of your thoughts.