"OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | I'm going to agree. I would take a wait and see approach somewhat. Go back every few months until they figure out what is going on... It is likely it's nothing I mean nothing unusual - clearly it's something. But with anything suspicious it's good to stay diligent. I had two biopsies. With a large gap in between. A negative biopsy can give you a false sense of security, as I am certain after my second last biopsy, I had cancer. The third one was a charm and yes, it was cancerous. Had the dr. told me he wanted to follow up with me every few months, I would have been there as suggested. However - he said it was nothing, stupidly I believed, and 18 mos later I get a stage 2/3 dx.
hugs and take care.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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