 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | I dont want to discredit the physician you saw but it is unlikely he was familiar with oral cancer lesions. Canker sores hurt, oral cancer doesnt. My tumor looked to me exactly like a canker sore so I ignored it. Of course a biopsy was needed to confirm exactly what the 'canker sore' was. Im not trying to make you worry but to be certain you will need a biopsy. Here is a photo gallery from the main OCF pages with picture of all kinds of different spots. It shows how difficult it would be to tell what something is just by looking. Since it has been there for over 2 weeks you should have it checked. Please let us know how it turns out. Good luck! Gallery of lesions Make sue to click on the picture and then click on the diagnosis to see what the patient was diagnosed with.
Last edited by ChristineB; 11-04-2011 10:40 PM.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
