Again I wouldn't read much into this comment. The tongue is just a big muscle, not a piece of mystery meat. For sure it has lots of stuff on it like papilla an taste buds and even lymphoid tissue at the back and rear sides, but it is no mystery.

Remember the reason that they biopsy things is because visually THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS. This is common. Only a look at the individual cells in the sample is going to hold an answer. Even oncologists that look at things that are cancer everyday, could not tell you with 100% certainty that anything that thy look at or feel is cancer. So I don't find the comment out of line, what I do find appropriate, is that rather than brushing it off as nothing, someone decided to find out exactly - in a manner that was not ambiguous what it is.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.