Congrats on getting good news from your biopsy!!!

I do understand your apprehension about trusting the test results. A biopsy is only as good as the doctor preforming it and the pathologist who analyzes it. Its not impossible for something to be done incorrectly, but it is pretty rare. Mistakes can and do happen. I am just like you and always err on the side of caution.

If you do not feel confident in the ENT you saw then I suggest going to another one who specializes in treating OC patients. An ENT who does everything like putting tubes in kids ears, hearing tests, diagnosing deviated septum, removing tonsils, treating TMJ, etc may be exactly as you are thinking, not the best person for the biopsy. You just never know the qualifications of the medical professionals besides what they want you to know. You should see someone who is very experienced in treating oral cancer patients as they would have the most experience with seeing abnormalities both cancerous and noncancerous. If you have a bad feeling about your biopsy and/or the medical professionals then go for a second opinion and make certain the doctor is more qualified than the original ENT you saw. It sure cant hurt to get checked again! Consider this... if your hunch is correct and you never followed thru and got checked again by another ENT then you are just hurting yourself if you really would be diagnosed with cancer. Then the cancer would have had more time to progress and be larger and harder to treat. You do NOT want to end up worrying about "what if..." if you dont get rechecked.

Best wishes and please do let us know whatever you decide and how you make out.


Christine
SCC 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 smile