Hi there I had a very similar situatin to yours for several years. My tongue was inflamed and sor, two buppies said it wasn't cancer inflammation only - had the first ENT I went to gone deeper he would have found the lump I under the inflamed area inside my tongue two years prior to my dx - another dr. Finally looked at it - said I don't like this area did a deeper biopsy and it came back cancer. It's good he's removing it however do have it done at a ccc - if it is a tumor, it should be treated aggressively. Best of luck!