Welcome to OCF, Dan!!! Im very sorry you may have a need to join our family. I really hope the doc is wrong and your biopsy is negative. Im very glad to see your doc is being so proactive. We dont always see patients who have docs like that. Even so, you still should seek out a second opinion. If the doc sees one patient a month who appears similar to you, that isnt very many. My ENT sees several OC patients/survivors every single day. Im sure the doc is trying to be helpful by telling you about their "hunch" but only thru a biopsy can they know for certain exactly what the sore is. I dont know of anyone who can tell by looking. They can guess but they really dont know for certain until the biopsy comes back with the pathologists report. Of course, the medical pros are speaking from years of experience seeing similar sores and they have years of medical schooling behind their "educated guesses". But they still depend on the pathologist to examine the biopsy sample under a microscope then write their findings down. Around here we have a few sayings... "Its just a spot until the biopsy says its not." Ive had several scares where I really was convinced I was having a recurrence (again) when it turned out to be nothing serious. Many many others here have gone thru the same thing too. Im hoping you will be another person who has "just a spot" that is nothing serious. If it would be cancerous then you are in the very best place to get info and support to help you get thru whatever you have ahead of you.

Best wishes with your biopsy!!!!! I know the waiting stinks!!! With your positive attitude, that will help you get thru whatever the results will be. Please keep us posted how you make out.