Thank you again to the posters after my last thank you. I agree and feel that my doctors have been somewhat dismissive. I, unfortunately, am all to familiar with the doctors being dismissive.

What I am about to say maybe a little off topic and I apoligize if you find that to be the case.

My mother passed in 1981 when I was 13 (she was 35) of official dx lung cancer. She had been seeing doctors for six months because she was ill. I do not know her specific complaints, but I know at one point she was told she had severe gasteritis (sp). Anyhow she was dx'd after seeing my grandmothers dr. Grandma was bing treated for milgnant melonoma. This doc found 3 lumps in her (moms) neck and had them biopsied. At that point it was found that she had cancer in all organs and was untreatable. She passed 3 months later. BTW Grandma survied and lived to 94.

I mentioned in my first post that two years ago I was hospitaized with an infection in my mouth. The infection started after I had deep root cleaning of the teeth on the left side of my mouth. When the infection started I went strait away to my dentist and started antibiotics. after three days of antibiotics the node in my chin was the size of a ping pong ball and my mouth was extremly swollon. In the hospital They only told me that it was a cellulitis infection and kept asking me how I got it. I have had intermittent pain in my lower jaw on the left side ever since. The pain had started before the deep root cleaning and was one of the reasons it was done. The pain is becoming more frequent and more intense. After being released from the hospital I was asked to follow up with my gp. When I did, I had told him I was still in much pain and there was still a little swelling. He put me back on oral antibiotics. I saw him agian two weeks later swelling down but still in pain and that is when he said nothing more he could do for me medically and suggested I see the oral surgeon. Oral sugeon saw nothing in xrays concerning and sent me to endodontist to have teeth tested. Stated that there may be a tooth that needs a root canel that is not showing up on the xray. I saw the endodontist who tested my teeth every month for 3 months not finding anything. I still also have a little numbness in my chin on the left side. Endontist said it is from nerve damage from the infection.

With all this as well as well as some other past situations with drs I still walk into there offices with a feeling of what they say is gospel. I so many times loose all thoughts of what I was going to say before I got there. I forget symptoms and expeiances I wanted to tell them about.

I have the boipsy scheduled for Feb 24. The ENT e-mailed me and said he would walk me through every step of the way. I am comforted by that.

Thanks again. Oh and I will ensure that I let you know the results even if it is nothing. It seems that I read several posts where individuals didnt come back when results were negative for cancer.

Marci