J that is great news. As I said, ENTs see this cancer all the time and would not discount it lightly. The mucous thing I would fiddle with the diet maybe? See if some things make it better or worse. Plenty of avenues to Google for more pleasant things like food and stress relievers than oral cancers.

Next thing you put into Google, make it "confirmation bias". In my experience its a real phenomena and something that strengthens your belief in something to the point you get overly stressed about it, and can end up making poor decisions. Part of my cancer journey has been learning to sort through information better and learn what I should pay attention to and what I should disregard.