Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF! Waiting to find out whats going on is agony. Im sorry you and your family are stressed out by this.
I suggest you seek out an ENT who is experienced in treating oral cancer patients. I would also suggest having your "spot" biopsied so you will know for sure exactly what you are dealing with and can take steps to correct it. Hopefully its nothing too serious!
Try to stay calm, worrying and stress only makes everything harder on everyone. It likely will be a few weeks until you get the results so try to take a deep breath and get prepared to wait. It will be at least a week before you will get an ENT appointment, then the biopsy might not be done until the following week and yet another week before you get the test results back. This is why Im hoping you can relax alittle and not cause undue stress. I know how difficult that is but please try.
Hang in there, best wishes! ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive |