Saw my ENT surgeon today. The 2nd biopsy shows moderate dysplasia. He’s going to do an excisional biopsy on that, under general, probably take 6 weeks for surgery to get booked. He’s also going to biopsy a white patch where my tongue graft meets up with my tongue, and the lesion on the top of my head about which he said he cannot say it’s not basal cell carcinoma. It’s definitely bigger than in the fall. That’s the least of my stress, though, I care that no cancer be found in the excisional biopsy, and no cancer in the new area to be biopsied. I’ve been feeling a bit down today but hey it’s still not cancer. Tests and waiting just take too long though.


Mouth/tongue cancer dx Feb 2018.
Surgery Apr 2018, partial glossectomy, tongue reconstruction (radial forearm flap donor site), neck dissection.
Tumour 2.5 cm, 0.8 cm deep.
Histologic grade G3 Poorly differentiated.
3 of 25 lymph nodes involved max size 0.6 cm.
pT2pN2b (stage 4a)
Chemo Radiation June / July 2018. Completed 35 rads, 2 of the 3 chemos.