Hello. My name is Jane and I was recently diagnosised with tongue cancer. Had a sore spot on my tongue that would not go away. Saw my husband's periodontist and he watched for a few months. It would almost clear up and then return so he decided to do biopsy...fast forward to this past week, I had a CT scan and had my first visit with my oncologist at the cancer center. Scan showed no other areas concern (did discover I have a paralysized vocal cord) and lymph nodes look normal. Stage 2 Discussed surgery and waiting for date. Going back this week for preop and having a PET scan. Meeting with ENT, speech pathologist and dentist next week.
Everything is happening very fast and seems surreal one minute and overwhelming the next. Trying to be strong but find myself crying at random times. I am sure this is all normal and have found reassurance on this site reading others post. Glad to have found this!