I am new to this site. I have a sore on the side of my tongue. It comes and goes and is very irritating. So thats it! My mom had very extensive oral cancer. She had the lining of her cheek plus all lymph nodes and part of toungue removed. Its very difficult to go through, a one day at a time kinda thing. She survived over 7 yrs. very unusual without a reoccurance. Lung cancer during the 8th yr took her.