John81 - You have found the best place to come for the most accurate, up-to-date information on oral cancer. PLUS - you have the knowledge and experience and compassion of those who've been there and can share with you their first-hand experience. You don't have too much longer to wait for your biopsy so try to hang in there. Tell the doctor how anxious you are for the results. There might be a way to hurry it up a little. A biopsy is the only way to tell for sure if it's cancer and no matter how or why anyone gets cancer, the important thing is where do you go from here. It looks like you have already taken some very positive steps by seeing the ENT and scheduling a biopsy. Hope it turns out to be nothing serious but if it is you will be ready to start fighting it and you will have the support of everyone here. So let us know what happens, ok?