"OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | Hey - mine wasn't swollen - just red and irritated - at I could feel what I thought was scar tissue from my leukoplakia removal years before ( it was a thickened mass - inside my tongue not on the outside though it became more irritated when I Ate, drank, and talked - acidic or hot foods were brutal - it felt like salt in an open sore. Very painful. I agree with msmac - more than 2 weeks have someone look at it.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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