Well folks the shoe dropped... A week ago Friday I had my biopsy surgery. It was done under general anesthisia because the spot was way back on my tongue almost to the larynex (sp?). On Monday the priliminary test came back negative (frozen section test). On Friday my ENT called to say that a few of the slides were "abnormal and suspisious"... He was reading from the pathologist report. From there he painted an extremely grime prognosis. More sugery for "staging", radiation, etc. Since this is so far back on my tongue I feel I'll have a 100% removal. I'm in shock, not denial, just out and out shock. Many of you have been there.

On Monday my ENT will meet with the pathologist personally. I'll meet with my ENT later that day. From there we will deterime what to do. Second opinions? Other doctors? Etc.

A special thanks to Brian Hill and many of you folks who post. I think I have read the whole site and know quite a lot about what to expect.

Steve