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Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 2 | Just a quick question hopefully someone could answer this but ive been chewing for about a year and jsut the other day under my tongue started hurting like its really cut up or enflamed theirs no white dot under their jsut wondering what it might be. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF. First of all, please get rid of the chewing tobacco immediately if you havent already.
Your question is difficult to answer. The rule of thumb is that if you have a sore in your mouth that doesnt dissapear within 2 weeks then you should have it checked. It can be checked by your dentist, family doctor or even an ENT or oral surgeon. If it doesnt look right to them, they will order a biopsy and the results will be back about a week later. Thats how you will be able to tell if its cancer.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | | | | Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 2 Member | | OP Member
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 2 | how big should a sore be? and does this white dot have to hurt | | | | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | ...might be a chewing injury.....ie. a Dorito or something that poked you...but I hope you're scared enough to give up the chewing tobacco...or someday you MIGHT have the real thing (cancer,) if you don't already. If this doesn't settle in a week or so, go let someone see it. Cancer sometimes hurts and sometimes doesn't. Good Luck! XO
Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!
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Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 | Let this be a wake up call for you to stop chewing. If you need some more motivation to stop, check out this site: www.outdoortexan.com As it was said above, if you have this sore for 2 weeks without it going away, get it checked. I hope it is nothing, but nobody here can tell you what you have. It must be looked at by a qualified person. Jerry
Jerry
Retired Dentist, 59 years old at diagnosis. SCC of the left lateral border of the tongue (Stage I). Partial glossectomy and 30 nodes removed, 4/6/05. Nodes all clear. No chemo no radiation 18 year survivor.
"Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger"
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Joined: May 2009 Posts: 114 | Would it hurt anything to have it checked? Mine was not noticable and then suddenly it felt like a cut or skin splitting. I ignored it from there until it was a tumor near the size of my thumb. At that point it bled when I touched it.
Age 52, T2 N0 M0 SCC of left anterior floor of mouth. Esophagoscopy, Direct laryngoscopy, Resection of left anterior FOM lesion w/ lateral tongue. left selective neck dissection levels I-IV. 5x6cm skin graft coverng excision. Finished 33-35 rad Tx. False recurrence 12-22-10 last surgery 2-15-10
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | Ditto to al of the above. Good luck and I quit smoking cold ti=urkey after 50 yrs of it. You can thro the chew away too. LOL I can't say that I don't want a smoke at times, but get busy and let my mind go elsewhere.
Since posting this. UPMC, Pittsburgh, Oct 2011 until Jan. I averaged about 2 to 3 surgeries a week there. w Can't have jaw made as bone is deteroriating steaily that is left in jaw. Mersa is to blame. Feeding tube . Had trach for 4mos. Got it out April.
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Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 13 | Yes, get it checked immediately. Actually try to see a dentist in the area, who has the VELscope. Dentists are the one who are trained to identify any changes in the oral mucosa and VELscope allows them to see what they can't see with the naked eye.
Like everyone has already mentioned, Let this be a wake up call for you and quit chewing tobacco.
Good Luck. Hopefully you write back with a good news of this being nothing of concern.
Sara A.
State Chapter Coordinator- Chicago,IL
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