 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF, Jules! You have found the very best resource to help get you thru whatever path you are facing with oral cancer (OC).
Even the most experienced doctors/specialists can NOT tell what is cancerous and what isnt by a visual examination. The biopsy is necessary to determine exactly what the sore, spot, lump, etc really is.
Take some time to read posts here and on the main OCF site to learn more about your illness. Theres tons of info at your finger tips and many posts on every imaginable subject.
Wishing you all the very best with everything.
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  | 
