Hello Everyone, I hope I am posting the right way , first time
I REALLY need some advice as I am a Newbie on the subject of Oral Cancer. From what I have been reading on this forum, you all sound very caring and have LOTs of info to share. I hope I can return some hope as well to you all sometime soon. My Story: Last week I discovered a whitish mark on my right inside cheek and a reddish mark on my left inner cheek. I havent seen a dentist in over 5 years (chicken) and wanted to get my teeth fixed anyway so I went to a very good dentist in my area (Ontario), he thought maybe my teeth were rubbing against my cheeks so he smoothed them to find out if that would solve the problem, I also have a painfull lump inside my inner cheek on the right , I also have pain in my left inner cheek but no lump. Went back about 5 days later to see if smoothing my teeth helped my patches but did not. Dentist then referred me to an oral surgeon that same day.( Forgot to mention that my nodes on or under my jaw on right side has been swollen for about 4 months and my face has drooped ) I had to tell the surgeon that I have a lump inside my cheek that is very painful, he seemed more interested in my lymph nodes swelling, so now he has referred my to an ear, nose, throat surgeon ( OTOLARNGOLIST) that is supposed to be world renowned surgeon in another city !!! Sorry this is very long.
My question is could/should I not get the lump biopsied in the mean time to get a move on treatment as my appointment with the specialist will be a very long wait, Im talking months maybe a year just to see him !! I need to know if this lump is cancerous or not as I have very bad anxiety. I can get the biopsy done by Oct 17th. Please, if anyone has any advice or experiences like this I really need to know.
Thanks in advance for any responses.

Scared Kim