I am so glad you are going to call today and get an earlier appointment. Do whatever you have to impress them with how important it is: be sweet, tough, yell, scream, cry, whatever. When I was trying to move up my son's appointment with the surgeon (after getting the results of the biopsy) I was so anxious and nervous, I knew I couldn't be very effective on the phone and decided I would get my daughter to call but couldn't reach her so that when my ex-daughter-in-law happened to call me to see how my son was doing, and saw how upset I was, she called the doctor for me and instead of waiting about a week, she got the appointment for the next business day! She had to pretend she was still married to my son, but it worked and I will always be grateful to her. There is always a way to take care of things. Getting a biopsy doesn't take that long. My son's biopsy was performed in the doctor's office. Let us know what happens, ok?

I agree with the others on this. Get this checked as soon as you can. If you can't get your ENT to do the biopsy, look for an oral surgeon to do the biopsy. Time is very critical with H&N cancer.

Jim

The biopsy is typically an outpatient procedure that will either be an ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy or a snip or punch type of biopsy, usually done under local anesthetic.

I don't know as much as many but I will share this. My fine needle aspiration came back negative on a lymphnode so my ENT scheduled to take it out and check it just in case. This was after taking antibiotics, and doing blood work to rule out other things. We took it out and it was cancerous. After that though it made the CT and Pet scans very hard to read because of all the inflamed tissue. I would try to get the PET scan first and also put a rush on the biopsies. If it's not cancer you can set your mind at ease, if it is it's like everyone else said, Time is of the essence. I'm also a firm believer in a cancer team. Good luck to you. Lee

My wife has had a problem with pain in her mouth and neck for over a year. Dentist call it a sinus bubble. Doctors said it was a thyroid problem. She found a lump on her breast in October, and was receiving radiation to eliminate it. Had a tooth pulled in Janurary, and pain lasted to long. Oncologist did biopsy mid Janurary and found stage 3 squamous cell carcinoma. I am not trying to scare you, but cancer is hard to diagnose by most non-oncology doctors. See an Oncologist soon.