Hi again Cheryl,
The 'time is of the essence' bit is worrying. Despite the nature of the news, my doctor could only spare about 3 minutes of his time to deliver it during a very busy clinic.
I will have to wait up to two weeks for the scans, then I suspect at least a week for the results.
I already pushed as hard as I could to have the scans done this week, but there's only so much you can say.
Unfortunately, there just seem to be too many patients and not enough resources.
If only I could have afforded �150 per month for medical insurance, I could have had the same treatment, but quicker.
Anyway, I'll push as hard as I can :-)

HUGS


1990s: Oral Lichen Planus
Feb 2013: Persistent lateral tongue lesion
Jul 2013: Biopsy
Aug 2013: Diagnosis - T1N0SCC
Sep 10: Laser surgery to remove 1cm lesion with 1cm margin and biopsy of smaller second lesion further back
Sep 23: Tumour confirmed poorly differentiated & aggressive. Scans pending.