Good Morning

Thank you for the info and sorry to hear that your biopsies come back with devastating news.

I think by pure accident I have it figured out. For a couple of weeks I have been photographing my tongue because of the swelling and so on. Last night I was going through the photos to delete some of them and noticed a lump on my nose in a couple of them. I felt my nose and sure enough there is a very firm lump on top of my left nostril and also the entire end of my nose looks bumpy and the bridge looks wider. It has become almost impossible for me to wear my glasses for about three weeks because they fit too tight and causes pain so I have been wearing them loose on the end of my nose and reading with my head up. I thought this was from facial swelling related to my tongue/mouth.

The ENT put the tube down my nose and said everything was blood red and he said I had acid reflux. I doubted this because I haven't eaten much and mostly soup and bland foods for weeks.
The two things which have concerned me lately is the extreme inner ear pain and sore throat.
This is what convinced me I had oral cancer along with the lump on my tongue and being HPV positive. . When I looked up nasal cancer it actually fits my symptoms more closely.
The symptoms are close to oral cancer.
The thing that puts me at risk for the nasal cancer is I'm an artist and use toxic solvents(sprays) on a regular basis.
It is more of a hobby then anything else. I also had a darkroom for years without good ventilation.
Since the ENT had never seen me before and I was going on about my trouble swallowing and my tongue I guess he didn't notice . So I think it is not what is coming up that is causing the irritation but what is going down.
There also seems to be an excess of saliva lately and my nose seems to run more often.


It does seem the ENT would have seen something suspicious in my nasal cavity so the jury is still out on that one.
Luckily I have a follow up appt. at the clinic tomorrow so I hope they will set up a new appt. with the ENT.


Sorry for the rambling and repeating some things. I'm not thinking clearly lately.

Thanks for your help and I will post when I find out anything definite.

Hugs
Brenda