Hello, new here.

I am 37 weeks pregnant with my second child and have been told by my GP I need to be referred because of a suspicion of oral cancer. This referral will take 2 weeks (I will be a week from giving birth at this point.)

I have a rough, greyish area on my tongue that has been there for some months. It's about 1.5cm. It occurred after my dentist caught my tongue with his drill back in April. In June I went to visit my dentist and showed him the discoloured patch- he reassured me it was scar tissue from the injury and nothing to worry about. After seeing my dentist today who told me I need a referral I am so confused. I see the dentist again on Thursday so will ask him to take another look.

I am so scared if this is cancer it has had plenty of time to get really bad. I am scared of the timing- how can I cope with a new baby, my four year old daughter and a cancer diagnosis.

Does anyone know how worried I need to be about this?