I have been doing pretty good keeping my obsessing in control since my surgery. Today I had my fifth monthly "clear" check up. Surgeon felt all around and said "Looks good...see ya next month!"
So, I get not a mile away in my car when I start to feel all around on my jaw and notice this one spot on my left jaw (cancer was on right tongue and floor of mouth) that kind of feels a bit sore when I press on it. So now I have been pressing on it for hours and guess what?? It kind of hurts now. I have been looking up all sorts of stuff and making myself crazy. I figure to call the dentist Monday and find out if my wisdom tooth is still there on the lower left. I don't even know. I guess I could call the surgeon back and see if I can run in there Monday as well. I feel like I am acting like a nut job. I just had an appt today and the Doc was fine with everything.
Any insight or suggestions or encouragement or kicks in the butt appreciated.
Thanks. Denise

I can see an oral physical exam hurting after a visit, and constant checking on your own behalf, having been there myself a number of times, often taking pain meds in preparation, but as it is often said, any unusual symptom lasting more than two weeks should be brought to the attention of your doctors, and often I waited less than that, and would for peace of mind. Can't really say anything other than that being your doctor is the only one that can.

Good luck.

Nervousness comes with the territory. You know if you poke on something hard enough it is going to hurt. Please put your mind elsewhere for a couple days and lightly run your hand around. I'm sure you won't feel anything that the doctor who just checked out the same area. Not to say doctors are never wrong but my motto is detecting even an aggressive cancer a few days later is going to make a difference.

Meanwhile, chant "it's not cancer until it's proven" for a few days. You can do it.

Good evening just wanted to offer a few words of support to say I'm totally with you , and can fully relate to feeling your going crazy !! I'm smiling to myself as you have just described me , and I drive my Mike insane too. I constantly am checking inside my mouth with a torch and a mirror , then I get whoever is about to check , and then still not satisfied I then start checking and inspecting and comparing what's in their mouth to my own ! Then is the old Google researching with the odd bit of self diagnosis added to the mix. So much so that my mum refers to me as Dr Diane ! Lol
I have been behaving like this since my diagnosis and to date have no evidence of any further disease , have had a couple of scares and additional biopsies that have all turned out to be okay .
I sort of tell myself I'm being vigilant about my own health , and staying one move a head , I'm ready and almost waiting for something else to occur . Then on the other hand I'm thinking I'm obsessed and it's not healthy to think this way .
Then I take a breathe and say to myself , girl your doing just fine you've been to hell and back but here , back at work , functioning to the best of your ability , and so what if your constantly seeking reassurance , who wouldn't ?
So I shall kick us both in the butt gently shall I!
Good luck with everything thinking of you and keep us posted .
This really is the best place for help and support from people who really know what your going through and where your coming from.

Thanks so much for your nice responses everyone. Yeah, Di...I guess we are both a bit crazy, over-zealous,hypervigilent...whatever we wanna call it! I just want to catch anything as soon as I can as catching this early the first run for me has made all the difference in both prognosis and treatment...
So, I actually was able to see my dentist yesterday morning (and even conveniently on the way home from my night shift at the hospital...the office opens at 7am on Mondays...good to know!)...my wisdom teeth are both still there on the bottom and totally impacted; I am gonna go to the oral surgeon who did my original biopsy for a consult on getting those out. I want to do it as she thinks the little swollen spot on the jaw is related. She gave me some penicillin and it is going down already. I hate worrying but I love the feeling after facing it and having it checked out. Either you know something is up and can act on it...or you skate by and it's nothing or something else entirely. I felt great when I walked out of that office.
Thank you again everyone for the support. I was kinda crazy before the cancer by the way.
Denise