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| Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 1 Member | OP Member Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 1 | Hello,
I am new to this forum but I just wanted to say thank you to all of you. I would like to share my story to maybe help anyone out who is looking for information. I just went through the biopsy process and would like to share my experience with that. I noticed a lump on the floor of my mouth right up against my jaw bone. It was about half a cm and firm and slightly movable. I went to my dentist and he referred me to an oral surgeon for the lump and a wisdom tooth extraction. The oral surgeon examined the lump and called for a biopsy and wisdom tooth extraction to be done at once (ouch). I just received the results back today and the diagnosis was chronic sialadenitis with no neoplasm noted. I just wanted to that all of the members of this forum as I used to to look for support as I went through the nerve racking time of waiting for the biopsy results. You are all heroes in my eyes. I wish you all the best.
Adam | | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 571 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 571 | Hi Adam,
Congratulations! And, thank you for the kind words. I hope that chronic condition doesn't cause you any discomfort.
It's great to hear that your dentist and oral surgeon were quick to act on something suspicious. Too many people have cancer that could have, and should have, been detected at routine check-ups...but, somehow, their symptoms get overlooked. The outcome is always much better when it is caught early.
I'm glad that you found us...please know you always have a family here on the OCF forum if you should ever need one.
Sandy
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.
| | | | 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 | Hi welcom, and so glad your result was good!!! have a great holiday season!
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: Jun 2009 Posts: 875 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 875 | WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL news, Adam. I know you are one happy guy. julieann
Julieann Nov 2007 SCC on right tonsil following tonsillectomy. Was smoker, QUIT. (Stage IV T2 N2b) 7 weeks radiation one day/wk chemo (carboplatin and 5-FU). Allergic to Taxol; PEG in, lost 30 lbs. TX completed January 2008. PEG out mid- 2008. PET/CT 1/17/2011;2/3/12 NEGATIVE for cancer | | |
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