Ashley - I'm another example of someone who has been a little too vigilant - in fact I think I planted the idea of the "maglite in the high magnification mirror" everynight for quite awhile. Maybe because it's an area we can see where the trouble started, we're continually drawn to look and the surface of the mouth does change daily. My annual visit to the ent - he saw a white patch in my mouth that wasn't there before - it's right where the bite line is between my teeth on the opposite side. He wants to see me in two months - that kind of freaked me out - I called my dentist immediately - I've never worn my mouthguard - started wearing it - the patch was gone completely in 3 weeks never to return. My regular dental appointment, my dentist couldn't see it and did he look! - he said it's not even worthy of a note on my file. After all this I bit my tongue while chewing the ever present piece of xylitol gum - must be a tumor that I chomped on - produced a small but very visible ulcer - gone in less than 2 days. All I can say is I'm glad I didn't have rectal cancer 7 years ago. I would be very busy with the maglite and mirror and there would be nothing attractive about it if you catch my drift. The moral of the story - relax a little - you will start to think about other things - believe me - been there. The concern for the recurrence never goes away completely but it does fade and you realize that you've really learned something about life - that everybody gets a bite out of the "shit sandwich" - excuse me - it just depends on what you do with it and try to make sure that somewhere someone isn't whipping up the same kind you just took a hefty bite out of - you'll be ok!