Not the best news from my consultation today.
My carcinoma was of the poorly differentiated, aggressive type, so head, neck and chest scans to come followed by probable neck dissection and possible chemotherapy/radiotherapy.
My poor wife is in bits. She's a natural worrier as it is, but she is not taking this well.

1990s: Oral Lichen Planus
Feb 2013: Persistent lateral tongue lesion
Jul 2013: Biopsy
Aug 2013: Diagnosis - T1N0SCC
Sep 10: Laser surgery to remove 1cm lesion with 1cm margin and biopsy of smaller second lesion further back
Sep 23: Tumour confirmed poorly differentiated & aggressive. Scans pending.