Hi there, my name is Anne. My husband is 49 and has put off going to the dentist for about 7 years. He isn't scared of them and we have insurance, but didn't want to go. He burned under his tongue with a hot potato about 1.5 years ago but didn't tell me. He then developed scar tissue under (never told me). About a year ago he said he kept stretching the taut scar tissue (like a fool) and probably ruptured something. About two or three months ago he showed me a small hole under his tonge. He didn't want to go to the dentist. It got worse, still didn't want to go. I finally set up an appt for tomorrow before we left on vacation the week before the fourth of July at MY dentist and was going to make him go. I had to call while on vacation to ask for sooner (yesterday, 7:30am) as soon as we returned. In just one week while on vacation the area became two holes with a crack in a bias that formed between them. He also started complaining of molar pain on same side and that and his ear hurt more than the sores under this tongue. By Sun. eve he went to show me the same two holes which had now formed into a giant, at least quarter-sized sore, open, rough skin, muliple colors -- red, purple, white, and orange...? The dentist, at 7:30am yesterday, walked with his scrubs and scope and mask to the oral surgeon next door to his office, and kept walking back and forth to catch the surgeon as he came into work. He and his asst. even kept peeking out the window to catch him pulling in with his car and when he showed up, hand-delivered my husband to him. My husband had a biopsy on the sore on his tongue and new to me, and what I didn't know existed til yesterday, a popped out white spot on the floor of his mouth about two hours ago. I am scared. Compounding this is the fact that my husband struggles with issues from his former career (retired now at 49, 20 year public safety retirement) in corrections and probably a few concussions that he suffered in accidents over the years. He suffers from depression and anxiety, very bad seasonal affective disorder (long, cold winters and even on cloudy days in summer), and anger problems. He takes a mood stabilizer, antidepressant and even an antipsych. to calm him down. He cannot NOT take every dose of these or skip and doses of these meds. He went off meds cold turkey four years ago with bad results. I love him and we made a go of continuing our marriage after him being off meds once he got psych. treatment with meds and counseling. I am almost more afraid of him having to not take meds because of surgery, cancer, swallowing or gagging, post-op. It does not look good at all for him. It looks as though this is definitely cancer. Can anyone tell me how they continued any med after surgery (I mean, by the next day or second day after surgery)? I know it may have to be stopped for surgery but also, how far ahead do them make you stop meds (none are blood thinners?) Cold turkey of these meds is very bad, and for months afterwards. I know that there are liquid alternatives for at least two of the three meds, possibly also the last one (would have to call local compounding pharmacy and ask). Please help with any info about intake of prescriptions that have to be ammended to liquid formats or how long till no problems with swallowing pills (I know it differs from person to person). How do people take blood pressure pills, etc. if needed.