Brenda,

I'm glad you have an appointment. Hope I'm not stepping on any toes, BUT if he says it doesn't look like cancer please make sure you have a biopsy of the lesion on your tongue no matter what, it will give you peace of mind. If it was me I would want all the lesions biopsied.

Don't ever let a Doctor talk down to you that happened to me in the beginning, but like I said before if I knew then what I know now maybe things would have turned out differently.

This is how different Dr.s think.....My Dentist of 11 years looked at the lump on my tongue he said, let's keep an eye on it...back to him again 2 weeks later it was getting sore and bleeding he gave me steriods...I called him 2 weeks later he was on vacation I went to another Dentist he took one look at it he said..Cancer...I jumped out of the chair. He was so upset he never charged me. As you can see they all think differently.

You are your own best advocate. I know your tired, sick and weight loss, I was in the same position..don't give up!

Take care and God Bless..

SCC. of the left lateral tongue, anterior two thirds, T1 possibly a T2.
Left partial glossectomy, left selective neck dissection 4/21/09. Nodes clean, No Rad, No Chemo.

CT Scan 9/11 clean, CT Scan 9/12 clean


Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL. A+.

My hometown Lockport, NY.