Lee,

Glad you found this site to answer your questions.

First of all if I was your parent I would be very upset with you for not telling me what's going on no matter what you've been doing. Maybe I shouldn't say this is there any need to tell them what you've been up to, tell them you have something going on in your mouth. If that's what's holding you back your smoking and drinking and that will upset them don't say anything about it unless it comes up. Get to a Dentist or Oral Surgeon.

There is nothing to having a biopsy suggest to your Dentist you want one, that's the only way you'll know for sure. If he says it doesn't look like anything to be alarmed about tell him you want a biopsy now. Only a small piece is taken you can't tell it heals normal if you know what I mean.

Keep us posted I hope it's nothing.

Connie

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.