Hi. First time poster. First I want to say that I have been lurking for the past couple of days and have been so impressed by the strenght and fortitude of all of you. It really warms mt heart. I have a friend who is now in the end stages of Pancreatic cancer and his strength and positive attitude blows me away. I am writing to you because I have found a small painless white bump on the side of my tongue that has me a little freaked out. I will be 46 in about ten days and have been a smoker since I was a teenager. The thing is, I was at the Dentist for a routine exam earlier this month and my dentist did a visual exam of my mouth and tongue and didnt spot anything out of the ordinary, and I had two fillings last week and again she didnt seem to spot anything. I found it about five days ago while flossing my teeth. I do recall biting the very side of my tongue last week which oddly was painless but cant remember which side of my tongue?

I hate to bother you guys with this as you are indeed dealing with and surviving cancer, and maybe I am being overly paranoid especially considering my friend, but I would appreciate any input you can give me. I have a few photos but cant seem to figure out how to attach them to my comment.