I know you guys probably can't help me with this, but I have no one to talk to, and I'm on the verge of a major panic attack.

This Thursday at about noon my mother had a lesion biopsied off the side of her tongue. She'd had it for about a year, and showed it to me several months ago. She has sleep apnea, and at the time had been refusing to wear her sleep mask because she found it uncomfortable. As a result, she often bit her tongue in her sleep, and the notch she showed me looked like a bite injury. My mom is a non-smoker, and I'd always associated oral cancer with tobacco users, so I wasn't worried about that. My biggest fear was that she'd stop breathing and die in her sleep, so I lectured her about wearing her sleep mask, which she agreed to do. As far as I knew that was the end of the matter.

Then in late November, she happened to mention that the notch on her tongue was still bothering her because she kept biting it. I still wasn't overly concerned to be honest, but we both agreed she should see someone about it. About a week before Christmas, she got an appointment with an ENT. He told her she might have a fibroma, but that this thing's appearance wasn't really consistent with a fibroma, and he thought it should come out immediately. She wanted to wait until after Christmas, so he made her an appointment for the 27th.

Finally alarmed, I asked to see it again, and was surprised to see it had grown into a larger flattened white thing, like and extra flap of skin. I decided to google some pictures of tongue cancer, thinking to put my mind at ease, but what I saw only made me more nervous.

And, now this morning, not quite 48 hours after the biopsy, she gets a call from the doctor's office saying that they had "information regarding her last visit", and that she should call them back this afternoon, or they would try again Monday. She missed the call, so Monday it is.

When she told me, I felt bile rise in my throat. I'd been prepared for a five or ten day wait. Wasn't looking forward to it, but was prepared. I've always associated fast results with bad news. I've tried not to let her see how scared I am, but have expressed my fears to other family members who've chastised me for my "negativity".

She claims not to be worried at all, and that cancer hasn't even crossed her mind. But she's also said that if it was cancer she'd refuse surgery and radiation, and would only opt for chemo. From my reading, I know that wouldn't be enough, so that's part of why I've spent much of the night crying.

Anyway, finally getting to the question I've come here to ask. Has anyone heard of biopsy results coming in this fast? Was it ever good news? And how concerned should I be that they actually made an effort to call her on the weekend? I've never been so frightened in my life.