Thanks Amy and Cheryl. I appreciate the good thoughts.

I saw the dental oncologist today. He painted the area with a blue dye to check for dysplasia. He said he thinks it is a squamos papilloma. That got me wondering about HPV again. My tumor wasn't tested for HPV because of it's location.

Anyway, the DO said the area should definitely be removed. My surgeon is going to do it in his office on Thursday. Hopefully they will biopsy it quickly so I can know for sure what it is. So, I'm still anxious but trying to keep a lid on it. For what it's worth, the DO said it didn't look like cancer to him.

Tracy - 33 at diagnosis
SCC right ventral tongue Dx 4/11.
T1N2M0
1st resection 5/11.
Bilateral neck dissection: 2 pos nodes
2nd resection w/graft 6/11.
Erbitux x 11 completed 9/11. IMRT x 30 completed 8/11.
3 month MRI and PET/CT all clear.
6, 9, 12 and 24 month post treatment MRIs all clear.