OP  "OCF Down Under, Kiwi" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 644 Likes: 1 | Hi everyone
Had an appointment with the local ENT guy today. He took a biospy. The inflammation had died right down in the last week or so leaving the lump smaller and more manageable - he actually took it right off. He doesn't think it is malignant - nor do I. I'm quite glad to be rid of it though because the tongue looks pretty awful anyway without another irregularity developing! (I have been relieving teaching in a rough school and the younger kids have given me a hard time about my lisp and scars. So here's hoping that it was just a granuloma or some such and I can continue the progress I have made with my speech.:)
1996, ovarian cancer surgery + cisplatin and taxol.
September, 2007, SCC of left lateral tongue. Excision.
October, 2009 recurrence in scar tissue, T1NOMO. Free flap surgery from left wrist - neck dissection. 63 year old New Zealander. No chemo, no RT.
February, 2014. New primary in left buccal mucosa. Marginal mandibulectomy, neck dissection, right arm free forearm flap. T1N0M0 but third occurrence and some areas of concern: RT started 8 April and finished 19 May.
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