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Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 1 | Hey guys in 17 and made the stupid mistake of starting to use dip during my sophomore year of baseball. I've dipped since then...not more than one or two a day until this past October when I went up to 4 lips a day. I've noticed a small white spot on the inside of a my cheek that has been there for two weeks now and another one just showed up a few days ago. I've only been dipping for a little over a year but I'm scared to death it's cancer and have now stopped dipping. Do you think it's cancer or anything less serious cause I have only been dipping for a year? | | | | | 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 | I hope you will let this be your wake up call to quit using tobacco in all forms for good. There are all kinds of known cancer causing chemicals added to tobacco. Dip has fiberglass added which cuts into the gum to allow nicotine to directly enter the bloodstream. Im sorry to say that you are not too young for oral cancer. I have a friend who was diagnosed at age 17, he was a dip user and it cost him his jaw. Ok, enough of the lecture. Sorry, Im a former smoker who also lost their jaw due to using tobacco.
If the sore does not get better in 2 weeks then you need to get checked by a professional. I suggest going to an ENT who is familiar with treating oral cancer patients.
Best wishes!
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: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Do as Christine says and g et to an ENT and do stick with the decision to quit all tobacco use for the rest of your life.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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