I am theaterkev and was diagnosed with cancer last week and had my MRI last week, a PET scan yesterday. I am 54 years old, and the cancer is growing quickly from the rear underside of my tongue. I do not know how long it was there before I discovered it, except the underside of my right side of the tongue was grey and biopsied a year ago and it was negative. My dentist asked me about it in May but there were no signs then. A week ago Monday, I felt something there and took myself to the emergency room where they referred me to Dr. Salvatore Caruana at Columbia-Presbyterian who seems good but busy. It is hard to chew and I feel some discomfort, but am hopeful and am doing research. I did research initially which is what sent me to the emergency room two weeks ago. I do not have my results yet but how is Columbia and my doctor? This is a tad scary and I am losing weight. Thank you for whatever you might tell or help me with.