#26976 11-10-2004 09:50 AM | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 1 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 1 | I'm 27, I've been a regular smoker for about 6 years. I just came back from a vacation when I
noticed that the underside of my tongue was inflamed and I relized that I had a number of red bumps on it.
My intial reaction was that I had been smoking and drinking too much over the past few days but then I started to consider the posibility of cancer. Most of the information I have read, recommends that you visit your doctor after you have been experiencing symptoms for more than 14 days. Should I wait or go in to see someone right away?
I disposed of my cigarettes today, from now on I'm an ex-smoker. | | |
#26977 11-10-2004 11:25 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | ReneeDear,
Good for you on the cigarettes! That is certainly one giant step in the right direction. If you really don't know how long it has been, by all means have it checked it. A handful of days won't make that huge of a difference if you want to wait. You are the only one that can measure what peace of mind means to you.
I am hoping it is nothing to be of concern to you and welcome to the neighborhood.
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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#26978 11-10-2004 11:30 AM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 482 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 482 | ReneeDear, welcome to the site. Hope its just nothing. I would suggest waiting for the two weeks and if it lingers, get it checked out by an ENT experienced with cancer. At a comprehensive cancer center, if possible. I was lucky, the ENT I first saw had been trained at the cancer center I ended up being treated at, so he was very knowledgeable about cancer and spotted it first thing.
Glad you are now an ex-smoker. I smoked for over 40 years before quiting the morning of my tonsilectomy. Will pray this is just a wakeup call for you and not a cancer call.
Regards, Kirk Georgia
Stage IV, T1N2aM0, right tonsil primary, Tonsilectomy 11/03, 35 rad/3cisplatin chemo, right neck dissection 1/04 - 5/04.
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#26979 11-10-2004 12:13 PM | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | Hello Renee,
I wonder if you aren't sure if the bumps were there before or are you sure they were not there for more than a few days. If it is possible they were there (perhaps without pain etc) then I would schedual an appointment with an ENT (ear nose and throat) doctor without waiting. Sometimes these things have been there for a while and we don't realize it.
I want to stress that I am not a medical expert nor do I have any way to suspect it is a bad thing going on. The sooner you have it looked at the better.
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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