Baron,

This is all great advice. Just put one foot in front of the other and do the next right thing. If that "sore" (which needn't hurt to be serious) is still there after 2 weeks, don't dally and get an excisional biopsy. That's the only way you'll know what it is. I hope that this is nothing.

It's never too late to stop smoking...never! Good luck and take care of your health.

Best regards,
Kerri

37 y/o fem at Dx (23 wks preg @ dx on 3/16/11)
SCC L oral tongue (no risk factors)
L partial gloss/MND 3/28/11 @ 25 wks preg
T1-2N0M0; no rads/chemo
Tonsillectomy on 8/6/12 +SCC L tonsil T2-3N1M0 (HPV-)
Treated with 35 rads/7 carbo & taxol (Rx ended 10/31/12), but many hospitalizations d/t complications from rx.
Various scans since rx ended are NED!
Part of genetic study for rare cancers @ MGH.
44 years old now...I wasn't sure I would make it! Hoping for 40 more!