Hi there,

We are from Melbourne as well and my wife recently went through Surgery @ the Royal Melbourne and we are currently awaiting our Radiotherapy / Chemotherapy treatment at Peter Mac.

If you are having pain from the biopsy, either ask your GP to prescribe you some Endone (Oxycodine) OR take regular doses of Panadol (2 doses every 4 hours) which both did wonders for my wife in managing the pain.

I never knew Paracetamol would be so effective against mitigating the pain but it definitely did the trick for my wife!

Hope that helps.

Jay

6/8/12: Wife 33y/o with no risk dx with Stage IVa SCC L of Tongue(T4aN2bM0)
3/9/12: Induced birth @ 36 weeks - Baby Hunter!
11/9/12: OP - 3/4 Partial Gloss, Radical ND & Tongue Rec.
24/10/12: 33xRad + 7xChemo
7/12/12: Tx complete
21/3/13 & 21/6/13: NED
24/7/13: SCC in Lungs - OP: Lobectomy (VATS)
29/1/14 passed away