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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Caroline, please do yourself a favor and calm down. I know its very scary right now when you dont know whats going on. It could be nothing so preparing you for a life without having your husband is going to the extremes. Its always upsetting when there is the possibility of having something serious wrong.
With the ENT tomorrow, a diagnosis will still be unlikely. A biopsy would need to be done to determine exactly what the sore is if anything besides scar tissue. Since you wont know for at least a week or two, try to stay busy going about your usual life style. With having 5 children it should be pretty easy to stay busy. The ENT your husband is seeing should specialize in oral cancer. Some practice mainly in the field of putting tubes in childrens ears.
Hope it turns out to be nothing! Best wishes!!!
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  | 
