Hi there

so recently I found a small pea sized painless lump

on the right hand side of my neck, I’ve never noticed this before but know this area has lymph nodes. On having a further look and going to my GP he noticed I had some swelling in this area and there was a defined second pea sized bump in the same side. 

He wants to rule out if this is an infection but so far the bumps have been painless, increasing very slowly over a couple weeks at a time and when I drink alcohol I get very dull aches and pains in the affected areas. 

I’m yet to go back for more tests and a follow up appointment, but I am slightly worried that this could be more than just an infection as I would of experienced some pain. Has anyone else experienced this?