Same here. Was blown off for 4 months with "you're young, don't smoke, don't drink, it can't be anythng bad". Had a brush biopsy by ENT, was negative. Went to ER twice with pain, was told to use mouth (louth?) guard, said it could be stress-related, etc. During my routine dental appt I asked my dentist to take a look, and he sent me to the oral surgeon to be biopsied ASAP. Here I am.

38 yo@dx, female, non-smoker, non-drinker, SCC right lateral tongue. T2N2aMx stage IVa; 1/20/09 bilateral neck dissection, hemiglossectomy, micromets in 2 right nodes, left all clear. 33xIMRT + 3 cisplatins. Tx completed 5/08/09. PET scan 7/29/09 clear, 5/26/10 clear, chest x-ray 5/23/11 clear