Wow Brian thank you so much for your quick reply and all the wonderful information you gave me! I will keep all of this in mind, in fact I am writing it down. Your reply is extremely helpful and upon waking this morning (with what little sleep I got) I wish to be more objective and logical about this for my husbands sake. I don't want him to see me a basketcase again, I want to be a comfort and support to him in this scary stressful time. He is very nervous and afraid and I fear that my overly emotional reaction may have made it worse. I was not expecting him to tell me that so I was kind of caught off guard and just reacted without thinking. I am going to try to talk to him again tonight about it rationally. He hasn't been diagnosed with it yet so let's not worry so much, stay positive and cross that bridge IF we get there.

Yes I totally agree about getting his reflux under control. He definitely needs to be on Prilosec. He tried it once before but never continued to take it like he was supposed to. Instead he goes through a bottle of antacids every week. I will talk with him about this tonight along with the other things you mentioned.

May I ask how you know there is no genetic link to oral cancers? Have doctors told you this, or did you come upon it in research? If so could you point me to some reading material that discusses this? I am not doubting you, in fact I feel very relieved to hear you say that. I would just like to learn more about it and verify it....perhaps it could be a comfort to my husband.

Again thank you so much for your information packed reply. It has been so very helpful and gives me hope. I will definitely come back and update! And if anybody else has anything to add please feel free to keep replying. I can use all the interaction on this subject that I can get.