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You need to get this checked. Somehow it needs to be part of your budget. If you need a biopsy and dont get one you are taking a huge risk with your health. Oral cancer doesnt just go away buy itself, without treatment a patient will die. Please rethink your situation and get yourself checked out.


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I will get the biopsy, I just want to know the rough number of the cost of it. Will it past $200? Thank you!

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Also the edge of the ulcer seemed to start to fade away and blend into the skin around it today, and I could feel a little pain on the edges, is it an indication of recovering or worsening?

Sorry I have so many questions. There are still more than two days till my appointment with oral surgeon, and I'm still concerned about it.

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How did it go, mickey?

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I was wondering the same thing!


Christine
SCC 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
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Thank you Brian and Christine for your concern!

I had the biopsy this Tuesday, the results will come out next Friday, so slow. The surgeon said it was not cancer, but he didn't know what it was and recommended the biopsy.

However, it's been four days after the biopsy, my lower lip still feels numb and a little swelling. Also, the wound on the site with the suture inside my mouth now has expanded and hardened, and more ulceration. And there is a big hole also. Is this a normal reaction after biopsy? Is it possible that the biopsy stimulate the growth of tumor?

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The surgeon uses devices to allow good access to the areas that are being biopsied. Sometimes, the pressure they put on resecting the tissues in the mouth will cause swelling and numbness. My husband's tongue was numb on one side for more than a couple of days when he had his diagnostic tonsillectomy and random mouth biopsies.

I hope your post-surgical symptoms go away soon!


Ex-spouse MISDIAGNOSED with SCC-HN IVa 12/10. Tonsils out 1/11. 4 teeth out 2/11. TX Erbitux x2, IMRT x2 2/11. 2nd opinion-benign BCC-NOT CANCER 3/11. TX stopped 3/11. New doctors 4/11. ENT agrees with 2nd opinion 5/11. ENT scoped him-all clear 7/11. Ordered MRI anyway. MRI 8/22/11 Result-all clear.
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Thank you Sandy! I hope it is just the effects of biopsy. The wound has gotten really big and ugly these days that it makes me start to worry it's the tumor growth. Hope this will gradually go away.

Fingers crossed~~~

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