Yesterday my oral surgeon called to let me know my biopsy was back, diagnosed as Squamous Cell Carcinoma. He mentioned something about it being 'well differentiated'. I have had a long history of tobacco use and about 6 months ago, I developed lesions on my left cheek and behind the upper lip (left corner). For 4 months, I was seeing a different oral surgeon who was treating this as candida but obviously never improved. I saw another oral surgeon who recommended the biopsy. It took 2 weeks to get approval to see the new oral surgeon, another 2 weeks to get the authorization for the biopsy. Now I am waiting for the authorization to see a head and neck surgeon. (yes, HMO). I'm just wondering if the long delay has caused it to spread a bit. Any way, thanks for listening. And I'm so glad I found you.

Samar