knot behind ear. Options

[cori-catastrophe]

last night, when i was stretching, i discovered that i had a knot-like thing behind my right ear. it's not on the other side, so i told my mom. you can only feel it when i turn my neck, so that leads me to believe that it may be the bone. my grandma thought that it might be a lymphnode. my dad said that it was probably a knot. it is pretty tender and sore, especially when you touch it. i'm not sure what it is, or if i should worry about it. my mom will most likely be making me a doctor's appt. soon, though.

[nishikigoi]

if it's right behind your ear, like where it connects with the rest of your head, then i *think* it's probably a lymph node. swollen from infection, not necessarily serious. just your body just trying to fight off a virus or whatever.