Hi Ashley - sorry no one has replied to your post yet. Most of us start off in Introduce Yourself forum, so that's where we look for new members first. I will PM Christine and ask her to move your thread to there, and you will get lots more attention and answers.

First off, welcome to the family. It's a big one, very supportive, very caring. You will get the answers to your questions. I'm sure someone here has your same symptoms. Unfortunately I am not him.

I agree getting the biopsy is the right thing to do. They can look, they can touch, they can measure how sensitive it is, but nothing is as definitive as a biopsy result. That is the gold standard, and it's what you want to get done. Dec 16th is okay, that's not too long to have to wait. After all you've had these lesions for what a couple of years now.

Now, about that 2-3 year period with tongue lesions, I'm a little surprised your dentist hasn't suggested biopsy before now. Anything that doesn't heal within 2 weeks should be seen by a doctor. It seems to me there are many dentists who don't yet know how to do a proper oral cancer screening. After studying the info on this forum you will become an expert on them.

So, get your finals behind you, then get yourself a spiral notebook to write down all the many questions you are going to think of. Take that notebook with you to all your doctor appointments, so you can remember all the questions you want to ask your doctors, and write down the answers as it can all get confusing quickly.

I'll stop now, you have enough to do already.

Welcome Ashley, we will help you get through this. They helped me immensely.

Tony