Hi Penny, i really don't think you should wait! Cancer does not wait ans if it spread you'll get a poor prognosis. Tell this to your mother, try to teach stuff about cancer to her. Even if you are not with cancer.

If you ignore oral cancer you can gey metastasis, making things worse. Does not exist a univercity center that can threat you for free? Please keep us informed.

Best wishes

December, 2011 - T1N0M0 SSC Oral Tongue sugery (Dec 07, 2011). Partial glossectomy, primary closure. Selective Neck dissection, all 57 nodes free. 29 at diagnosis, no risk factors at all. No smoking, drinking and HPV negative. Can you explain? I can't.