Hello all,

My name is Mike and just got my biopsy report today that showed gingival squamous cell carcinoma-moderately differentiated. It started a few months ago with just a sore spot on my left upper gum above the rear molars. Thought it was gingivitis but eventually it got biopsied by the OM surgeon at the office and here I am.

I'm 55 and semi-retired after working nearly 30 years at the University of Michigan Health system in the medical field. We moved to FL last year and now I wish we would have stayed in Michigan and kept working a little longer!

Anyways, that's my obligatory introduction. I've got a weeks wait to get to my PCP for the next steps. Hopefully I won't have too long a wait to get the necessary scans and figure out a plan.

Mike