I started to notice that my mother was constantly drooling. So bad, she always had a hankie at her mouth. I thought it was her dentures and that they weren't fitting right. Family members kept urging her to go to her denturist, but she just would never go. It never occurred to us there may be another problem. Finally, we'd had enough and made the appt. for her. They took one look at her tongue & referred her to an ENT the next day. She had an MRI, then a biopsy & the new's that she had tongue cancer. Today, my mom just finished her last day of radiation and we are anxious to see her start to heal & get better. We know that it takes a long time to start to feel better.