#62024 11-01-2007 10:37 AM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 214 Gold Member (200+ posts) | OP  Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 214 | I just had a check up with my MO and everything going fine........ Then the next day I felt a bump on my gum, on the left lower front. At first I thought it was a piece of food stuck to my gum, it's about the size of a pinhead. It didn't go away, so I took a look---it is between two teeth on the gum and it is pale with a greyish center. And I am totally freaked out by this. I have never had dental problems, so I am not familiar with anything it could possibly be, besides you-know-what. It aches a little bit. I will see the dentist on Tuesday, but in the meantime while I am freaking out anybody have any ideas about what this could be, besides what I am afraid it is??
Left tonsil SCC, HPV+. T2N0M0. Tonsillectomy 3-07, bilateral radiation, cisplatin 3x, Tx completed 6-06. Clear PET 4-01-2008.
Thyroidectomy 5-9-08, resulting in permanent surgically-induced hypoparathyroidism and adrenal problems. Bummer.
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#62025 11-01-2007 11:06 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | I had something that sounds just like that years before I had cancer and they have a name which I've forgotten but it was related to an abcess developing under one of my teeth that had cracked under the gumline and under the crown on top of it without my knowledge.
Of course I understand why you would worry but I hope this makes you feel a little better.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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#62026 11-01-2007 11:13 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | I just had a good laugh at what I just wrote above. One of those moments when you realize how cancer shifts your whole perspective. Saying that it might make you feel *better* to know that when someone else had something similar it was due to an abcess--pretty wierd. Like an abcess is good news. But yet it is compared to the alternative I guess.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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#62027 11-01-2007 02:27 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 | Sounds like you most likely have an aphthous ulcer. They usually come out when your resistance is low, when you are getting a cold. They go away in 10 days to 2 weeks. It is caused by a virus.
I'm not saying that this is what you have as I could never tell you for sure over the internet.
Please let us know what you find out on Tuesday.
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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#62028 11-02-2007 09:17 AM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 214 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | OP Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 214 | Thanks for your replies.
Jerry,I should have mentioned that it is not an open sore, it is under the gum. Kind of bluish-grey looking.
Left tonsil SCC, HPV+. T2N0M0. Tonsillectomy 3-07, bilateral radiation, cisplatin 3x, Tx completed 6-06. Clear PET 4-01-2008.
Thyroidectomy 5-9-08, resulting in permanent surgically-induced hypoparathyroidism and adrenal problems. Bummer.
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#62029 11-02-2007 10:21 AM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | Jerry.....maybe a ruptured blood vesssel from dental care, ie. flossing? could that be? I wouldn't be making any suggestions, G-Cat, exc. that you are going to the dentist on Tuesday anyway. Don't ever take what we say exc. with a grain of salt, but I hope that the things we say can show you that there is a chance that there is a reasonable and non-frightening explanation. Of COURSE you are doing the right thing to get it checked out.
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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#62030 11-02-2007 01:59 PM | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 | Yes, Colleen is correct that it COULD be from trauma. Somewhat like a black and blue mark. Your first description with the greyish center seemed like an aphthous ulcer.
Hopefully on Tuesday, you will find out that this is nothing to worry about.
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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#62031 11-06-2007 11:58 AM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 214 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | OP Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 214 | Soooo...I showed up at the dentist today, and whomever had taken my appt. over the phone neglected to put my appt. in the computer. There was no way anyone could look at me today. So I drove 45 min. for nothing, and had a meltdown outside the dentist's office. Due to the meltdown, my fiancee drove me to the clinic because SOMEONE was going to look at my mouth today! Of course the Dr. had no idea what was on my gum, and referred to a medical manual and showed me a picture of the closest-looking thing. That would be a mucocele. He wanted me to see an ENT. When I got home, there was a message from the ENT(the clinic had called him)saying that without looking he was pretty sure this would turn out to be treatment(and dental) related, and not related to the primary in the tonsil. So I will see the dentist in a couple days.......I hate the waiting game.....anyway, I took care of a couple other things while at the clinic, one of them being physical therapy for my neck.
Left tonsil SCC, HPV+. T2N0M0. Tonsillectomy 3-07, bilateral radiation, cisplatin 3x, Tx completed 6-06. Clear PET 4-01-2008.
Thyroidectomy 5-9-08, resulting in permanent surgically-induced hypoparathyroidism and adrenal problems. Bummer.
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#62032 11-06-2007 12:09 PM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 632 | Oh girl,
So sorry for the trauma--no wonder you had a meltdown!
I wonder if these people have any idea what this waiting/forgetting stuff does to us????
Sounds like it may well be good news tho, and at least you got much-needed PT!
Let us know how things progress
Brenda
Brenda in UK--Diagnosis 30/5/07--undifferentiated carcinoma in right jawbone and muscles. Stage 4
6/7/07--new diagnosis primary is in lung. Finished 4cycles of palliative carboplatin/gemcitabine
therapy September 07
Now dying to live!
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#62033 11-06-2007 12:40 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 214 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | OP Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 214 | Thanks, Brenda! I have been folowing your story--this is nothing compared to what you're going through. It's kind of you to take the time to reply. Keep your spirits up, girl!!
Left tonsil SCC, HPV+. T2N0M0. Tonsillectomy 3-07, bilateral radiation, cisplatin 3x, Tx completed 6-06. Clear PET 4-01-2008.
Thyroidectomy 5-9-08, resulting in permanent surgically-induced hypoparathyroidism and adrenal problems. Bummer.
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#62034 11-06-2007 02:23 PM | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 45 Contributing Member (25+ posts) | | Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 45 | What a lousy thing to happen girlcat!
Next time, try confirming the day before and get their name. Then when you get there and they tell you that they don't have you listed, you can grab that person and throttle them til they remember!
God Bless!
South Louisiana - Cancerous growth removed from lip 10/07. Lesion removal & biopsy done 11/7/07 - no signs of cancer in area. PET scan done. No signs of cancer in Head & neck. Something in chest. CT to be done 12/20/07
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#62035 11-06-2007 02:37 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 794 | Dear GC......What a roller coaster ride! Sigh..... At least you have the dentist's attention, and now he will be especially attentive to you since his office muffed it so badly today. Keep us posted.
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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#62036 11-08-2007 01:22 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 214 Gold Member (200+ posts) | | OP Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 214 | Okay...big sigh of relief! The dentist said that the spot was not cause for concern, I could have caused it by too vigorously brushing my teeth. I guess its like a bruise.(I'll have my MO check it out next month anyway) She and the hygienist said they have never seen such a healthy mouth in a Head and Neck patient. I was so grateful to hear that because before my diagnosis in March, I had only been to the dentist once in the past 25 years. I know....shame,shame.
I was so nervous on the way to the dentist I didn't realize I was going so fast and got a 100.00 ticket! Shame, shame again.
Left tonsil SCC, HPV+. T2N0M0. Tonsillectomy 3-07, bilateral radiation, cisplatin 3x, Tx completed 6-06. Clear PET 4-01-2008.
Thyroidectomy 5-9-08, resulting in permanent surgically-induced hypoparathyroidism and adrenal problems. Bummer.
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