 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Glad to hear you do not have oral cancer!!!! Congrats!!!! Thrush can be found in anyone. Many times the patient has a compromised immune system, for oral cancer patients its very common. This leads me to think they dont treat many OC patients which means you have the wrong doctor.
As my in previous post, I suggest going to an ENT who specializes in oral cancer. They are more geared towards treating these types of things. Oral surgeons sometimes are specialists of treating wisdom teeth and TMJ.
Dysplasia is a "pre-cancer". Not everyone who gets it will have it turn into OC but many do. As far as smoking goes... NEVER EVER AGAIN!!!! You do not want to help this progress!!!! You cant risk even one here or there. I had the same habit, I smoked for 28 years. Thats why Im now disfigured and have many physical issues for the rest of my life. Please dont let the same thing happen to you!
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  | 
