McRiley, my dentist, who is a specialty cancer dentist, told me two months ago that he was not concerned that this was cancer. He said he could see where it was rubbing on my implants. He shaved my implants a bit yet the area didn't heal. So, now the biopsy. I will say that day 5 after the biopsy it looks better. The edges have healed, the color is the same color as the rest of my tongue and it doesn't hurt. We shall see on Tuesday. I just can't shake a bad feeling about this, which isn't like me.

SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.