Welcome to OCF! Best thing you can do is to be vigilant in watching for changes in your mouth and getting checked out when you see something that isnt right. I would suggest you calling your doc and getting int there ASAP to get a biopsy done. the rule goes like this ... any sore that has been in your mouth for 2 weeks or longer needs to be checked by a professional. As a OC survivor you should be able to get into your doc quickly and hopefully they will do a biopsy right away. You should not have to wait until Oct to be seen.

Unfortunately it can happen. It happened to me. I finished rads w/ chemo got clean scans and 7 months later I found a teeny tiny white spot almost exactly where my original tumor was. A biopsy confirmed SCC.

What was the lesion on your tongue that you had there for 8 years?

Best wishes!!!!!

Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile