I was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma almost a year ago. 40% of my tongue along with the lymph nodes were removed. I had no problems until March when the Doctor found a suspicious white spot in the rear of my mouth. A biopsy was done the results were negative.
The problem begins, people who have had biopsies know that they can be quite painful for a period of time until they heal well the pain from the biopsy has not gone away in fact the pain is much worse and eating has become painful. After several visits to the Dr. they did a Cat Scan last week and I will get the results tomorrow. There are no lesions and no visible evidence of a reoccurrence. Is their anyone with a similar experience, maybe nerve damage from the biopsy?


Recurrence tounge SCC, stage IV, 35 IMRT Radiation and Chemo. Pet scan 10/7/05 results were clean.
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