Cheryld thanks for the advice i appreciate it the only reason why i considered the fine needle biopsy is because i heard it's more precise and reliable in detecting cancer because it goes further into the skin but excisional will do as well....what bothered me about the ENT who performed it was that by looking at the lump and area of my tongue she said it wasnt cancer and went ahead and did it because i demanded it yet she said that she was going to have it done just to give me some peace of mind but that it looked non cancerous and thats from a Head and Neck ENT doctor who has 30 plus years experience yet i thought she was going to take tissue from the actual lump but she removed tissue around the lump or just above it so i dont know whether to rely on that biopsy result because of that. then again i assumed she knew what she was doing as she did tell me, "kid ive been doing this for many years youre not going to tell me what to do" so i kept quiet.

i was also wondering are the symptoms of ear pain or throat pain when it happens to be oral cancer always present like continuous or do they come and go and are more severe on certain days.?

And I will definitely try to move on
Thanks