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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 62 | On May 10 I discovered a 2mm growth on the ridge in front of my right tonsil. This is the same side of the mouth as all the other fun but further back. All previous SCC has been floor of mouth or lateral tongue. It looks like a flat, oval growth with the surrounding tissue on the reddish side. It doesn't hurt. If you touch it with a Q-tip it bleeds and the outer cover appears to wipe away leaving a raw tissue. Within an hour the cover reappears. It is gradually getting bigger. I'm probably being a hypochondriac but I occasionally feel a vague discomfort in the ear on that side and sometimes I feel like there is something else further down on that side. I've contacted my SO and have moved up my follow-up appointment, originally sceduled for Aug 2, to June 21. 
Catherine, SCC floor of mouth DX 2010,unclear margins, PET scan clear, no chemo or rad,biopsy in 9/2010, 2nd excision 10/2010 didn't get all carcinoma in situ; partial gloss & excis. right floor 2/2/2011 margins clear. Part.gloss-10/5/2011 sev dys clean marg. HPV neg. Don't smoke or drink. SCC floor of mouth left side 4/2016. Dysp excis. rt palate 7/2017 Part gloss sev dys lat marg 2/2019 Part gloss free flap rt neck disc 5/2020 Part gloss bilat neck disc 7/2020 33 rad 3 cis.
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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 | Fingers crossed its nothin - maybe an infection?
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 117 | I hope it's just an infection, but I would call and get that appt moved up if possible just to check it out.
DX 12/6/10 of T3 SCC Tongue.
Surgery 1/3/11 was hemigloss & forearm free flap, midline mandibulectomy, Neck Disection-All nodes clear.
Ended rads 5/11/11. Taste buds back to about 80%. PEG removed 4/5/12, experimenting eating real food again. If I can do this, so can you !! Stay Strong.
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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 62 | Ingrid, June 21st is the best they can do and I'd rather go to my surgeon than my ENT. My surgeon has been able to discern visually what path reports later confirmed. Its similar to a little spot my ENT biopsied a year ago and which my surgeon resected five months later. I trust him more than my ENT. It isn't progressing that fast I can wait two weeks. It doesn't seem like an infection but maybe I'll be lucky and you gals will be right!
Catherine, SCC floor of mouth DX 2010,unclear margins, PET scan clear, no chemo or rad,biopsy in 9/2010, 2nd excision 10/2010 didn't get all carcinoma in situ; partial gloss & excis. right floor 2/2/2011 margins clear. Part.gloss-10/5/2011 sev dys clean marg. HPV neg. Don't smoke or drink. SCC floor of mouth left side 4/2016. Dysp excis. rt palate 7/2017 Part gloss sev dys lat marg 2/2019 Part gloss free flap rt neck disc 5/2020 Part gloss bilat neck disc 7/2020 33 rad 3 cis.
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Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 117 | I know what you mean about different docs -- definitely go to the one you trust the most. and YES, let's hope we are right and it turns out to be nothing.
DX 12/6/10 of T3 SCC Tongue.
Surgery 1/3/11 was hemigloss & forearm free flap, midline mandibulectomy, Neck Disection-All nodes clear.
Ended rads 5/11/11. Taste buds back to about 80%. PEG removed 4/5/12, experimenting eating real food again. If I can do this, so can you !! Stay Strong.
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