I guess I'm an exception to the rule. I saw my regular doctor on Monday, he scheduled me to see the ENT on Tuesday, the ENT scheduled the CAT scan for Wednesday. The ENT's office called on Thursday and said he wanted to see me so I saw him again that day. He's the one that told me it was cancer and gave me the name of two surgeons. I picked the "Italian" guy and called him when I got back to the office. They were waiting for my call and he saw me that afternoon. He set up an appointment for me on Friday to see a dentist that specializes with oral cancer patients and then they operated on Tuesday. Quite a week! I'm glad it happened all so quickly because as it was, I had too much time on my hands to think about it all!