Hi Matt,

Welcome to OCF and thank you for sharing your experience. Many wonderful people here that contribute and help each other. Oral cancer is kind of an unknown amongst the general public. I had never heard of tongue cancer until my Head and Neck doctor confirmed it. I had only heard of throat cancer and ignorantly thought it was tied to heavy smoking.

Glad you are doing well and took it upon yourself to get this checked out. My first dentist didnt really raise the alarm bells with me either and it was about a year of my knowing something was going on before I saw a new dentist due to switching insurance. My second dentist jumped all over it.

Best,
Nels