Dear SSL

I strongly recommend going to see your Head and Neck doctor (used to be called Ear, Nose, Throat). The guideline is get any sore that lasts more that 2-3 weeks checked out. I was lazy and ended up being stage 4 by the time I went in nearly a year after I noticed something. Sorry to be a little dramatic but I sure wish I had asked a group like this after a month or so. They would have scared me into going much earlier and likely saved me a long but successful surgery and radiation treatment.

BTW, the biopsy barely hurt. They put a numbing agent on the spot before taking a tiny chunk out of the middle of the sore.

Let us know how it goes.

Stay safe and keep the faith,
Nels