Hi sorry more elaboration - last night I was so fried I couldn't keep my eyes open - left the house at 8am had to force myself to get out of the car at 11 pm otherwise they would have found me asleep on there this morning. Insanely busy day. But I didn't want to leave your message unanswered either.

I find irritation for an extended period of time (because my mouth is so sensitive) - can cause an ulcer. Now because I am of the school of thought that long term chronic irritation can cause tissue change so I would have the offensive tooth made less offensive. Your hubby is 2 years out now and likely his tongue is the size it will be maybe they can debulk it - if it's too big for the space? Otherwise I would definitely go with filing and ask maybe for a prescription of oracort - it will help it heal a bit faster - but won't solve the overall problem. The tooth. And you know the Rigamarol... If it doesn't heal...

I had this happen a few times and after I had the tooth filed the problem went away... Hugs.


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