Hi all-

Recently diagnosed with Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Minor Salivary Gland. Awaiting CT to see about stage/spread. I have had the biopsied tumor in my mouth for about two years and just recently got someone to take me seriously enough to test it. I am struggling right now with feeling really minimized- hearing "it's not a big deal, it's low grade." That may be true but I am 32 years old and have cancer in my mouth, it is a big deal as far as I'm concerned. My gut is telling me that after this long it doesn't matter how slow it has been growing it probably grew somewhere? I guess I don't know how fast cancer usually grows? I have a hard lump on a lymph node a couple of inches from the original tumor. At this point I don't know much but I am feeling very isolated in the process. I am not able to even have someone join me in most of my doctor's appointments because of COVID and oh my goodness what a time to be alive.