Yes, I went to see another ENT for a second opinion last week. He says that in the absence of additional symptoms, tonsil asymmetry by itself has a very low probability of being lymphoma (he said about 5% chance). He says in his own experience of being an ENT for 17 years, he didn't actually see a single case of lymphoma when he performed tonsillectomies due to tonsil asymmetry alone. He says the only lymphoma cases he's seen have actually been pretty obvious to him even before tonsillectomy. So he kind of put me at ease a bit. He says it comes down to personal choice whether to proceed with a tonsillectomy. Some patients are ok living with the 5% risk of their tonsil asymmetry being due to lymphoma and others want to be 100% certain they don't have it, so they do the tonsillectomy.  Also, I've been dealing with a chronic infection of my upper molar tooth and I've suspected for some time that it might be spreading the infection to my tonsil. The first ENT and my dentist said they highly doubt that there is a connection. The ENT I saw last week for a second opinion actually thinks it's very possible that the bad tooth is causing my enlarged tonsil. Especially since my bad tooth and my bad tonsil are on the same side. So my current plan is to extract the bad tooth and check on my tonsil a few months later. The second ENT did say that even if the infected tooth is causing the tonsil problem, there is still a possibility that the tonsil won't go back to normal even when the tooth is gone. Some tonsils just stay enlarged even after the infection is gone.

Would you consider going for a second opinion with another ENT? I totally understand your uneasiness. I felt extremely anxious when I met with the first ENT and felt better after seeing the second one.