Hi Karla,

I’m sorry for your troubles, and waiting is the worst! Sometimes you can move your surgery date closer as a month seems long off, but the patient may be fine with that, but sometimes it’s not for the tumor.

It can be related to drinking sometimes no matter how small, but there are cases which none is involved and are looking into other matters as a cause, some which we don’t know about right now!

I’m not sure what your treatment pkN is as mine being oropharyngeal, is different than oral cancer, but believe surgery is the first step plus or minus other therapies depending on the stage.

Good luck with everything!