Jaye welcome to OCF. Unfortunately there are several things that could be going on inside your mouth right now. I hope it is NOT anything serious. The bext thing I can tell you is to get yourself checked out by an ENT who is experienced with treating oral cancer patients. An oral surgeon may also be able to help by doing a biopsy. This is the only way to tell exactly what exactly the lump is.

As a former smoker please listen to what I have to say about smoking. I quit after I found out that it was cigarettes that made me sick. I got angry about what I had done to myself and I threw the cigs right out the window while I was driving. That was almost 5 years ago and I have never smoked another cigarette. If I hadnt been a smoke, I probably would not have gone thru any of the horrors I did during 3 rounds of oral cancer. Tobacco has so many poisonous chemicals in it that no wonder it makes people sick. Please let this be your wake up call and quit smoking. Dont let cigs continue to irritate your mouth.

Please keep us posted. Best wishes with everything!!!