Diagnosed with Buccal Mucosa Cancer in March 2022. Surgery scheduled in 24 days. Overwhelmed with the extent of surgery and recovery ahead, so trying to learn from those who have been through this before me, and hopefully I can help others in the future.

More details: 47-year-old woman, no known risk factors but surprise - what I thought was a sore from biting my cheek at night turned out to be cancer. Biopsy, MRI, PET all done. Lymph nodes MAY be involved, so some of those are going away, too. It's far back in my cheek so going to be major reconstructive surgery in there with a plastic surgeon involved for a skin flap reconstruction inside my cheek. Never been hospitalized before, so I'm new to ALL of this.

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Thanks!