Good News Just found out that the hard lump in my mouth is a chronic infection. Dr Vinod was right!! An abscess has slowly formed from the root of my tooth and infected my jaw bone and then infected my lymph gland. I first noticed the lump in January and it has always been painless. So now I'm going to go under general anasthetic and have the tooth out and surrounding area scooped out and scraped clean. Thanks to everyone for this site. It has kept me going. I won't forget how I have felt this last few weeks infact I think it has made me a better person. I'll certainly be more understanding of others. Thanyou.xx