| Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3 Member | OP Member Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3 | found a very small white bump on the side of my tounge and worried. im only 15 and been smoking off and on for a year and dipping sometimes, what is it? | | | | Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 | It could just be an irritated taste bud - our youngest person diagnosed was 17 - it's rare but not unheard of. Best to have it checked by an ENT if it's not gone in 2-3 weeks. My suggestion - let this be a warning give up the dip and cigarettes now. Take care.
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
| | | | Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3 Member | OP Member Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3 | thanks, im quiting and gonna try to start with e cigs, i hope thats a better alternative | | | | Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 559 Likes: 1 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 559 Likes: 1 | It's only mildly better in that it prevents the combustion products of tobacco from causing you many forms of cancer.
It's worse in that it does nothing to address your nicotine addiction.
You're 15 years old, how about dropping both, you need neither one to have an enjoyable, rewarding life, not to mention having a lot of extra money available to spend on much more worthwhile things.
You said you've been smoking off and on for only a year or so, how about letting the off become permanent. Twenty years from now you will thank me for having done so.
Tony, 69, non-smoker, aerobatics pilot, bridge player/teacher, avid dancer (ballroom, latin, swing, country)
09/13 SCC, HPV 16, tonsillectomy, T2N0. 11/13 start rads, no chemo 12/13 taste gone, dry mouth, 02/14 hair slowly returning 05/14 taste the same, dry sinuses, irrigation helps. 01/15 food taste about 60% returned, dry sinuses are worse in winter. 12/20 no more sinus problems, taste pretty good
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