Hello to all. Just getting a feel for this forum today . I’m definitely a new patient that has only had a positive tongue biopsy on June 20th and now scheduled for an initial consultation with an Oncologist. So much crying and anxiety yesterday. My greatest fear is that the cancer will be a higher stage due to delay in care. My dental technician saw the ulcer at which time I told her I had it for 3 weeks and would not heal and though it might be from eating too many tomatoes or acid foods. She took pictures of the ulcer on the underside of the Lt side of my tongue at that time (11 April) and had the dentist view before replacing a filling that day. His exact words were, “That’s nothing” and proceeded to work on the filling. So, for the next several weeks I continued to retry everything to heal it with no avail and finally went to an Urgent Care for assistance. The doctor there immediately referred me to an Oral Surgeon who saw me the very next day and scheduled the biopsy for 20Jun. 7 days later a terrible diagnosis of tongue cancer. Had the delay in getting a biopsy and diagnosis given the cancer time to progress in Stage? I’m so concerned now what might have been a Stage 1 could now be a 3 or 4. Condition has worsened since the biopsy. Tongue now has burning sensation, left side of my throat is tender when swallowing and I keep getting a fullness feeling in my lips, not to mention this persistent post nasal drip that came out of nowhere..... all since the Biopsy! I have to wait till 2 Jul for my consult with the Oncologist and everyday I feel worse. I know some of it can be anxiety but not all of these new symptoms. Can this squamous cell cancer progress this fast even since the biopsy?