Welcome, from another Canuck. Waiting is the worst, although my ENT said it was cancer and the biopsy would just confirm (but had to be done), so I was stuck in waiting mode for confirmation of what we already knew, then waiting for booking the surgery.

The good news is there is still some hope that it might not be cancer, and if it is, it looks like it might have been caught early, which is a really good thing. My tumor (I called him Tom - it's easier to hate something with a name, lol) was very fast growing and in the 8 weeks from when the ENT first saw me, to when I had the surgery, it had grown from 3 cm to 5.

So, fast appointments, always best.

Good luck!


Tina
Diag: Aug. 13/12
T3N0M0
50% + glossectomy and bilateral radical neck dissection, removal of nodes zones I - V
Surgery October 11/12
Chemo/rad on hold due to clear margins and nodes
Sept 21/13 clear CT with anomaly thought to be the artery, being watched closely.
Dec 16/13 - anomaly confirmed artery, all clear
nickname: "get 'r done"
Plans: kick cancer's butt