Hello Matt,
I am also fairly new to this website and don't have alot of experience with oral cancer symptoms and diagnosis.

I personally think there is probably nothing wrong with you but.....

My mother has just been through six months of being told there's nothing wrong...there's nothing wrong...there's nothing wrong. Time and time again she's being going to doctor's, getting biopsies, scans, nothing to report until 3 weeks ago she was diagnosed with stage 4 SCC on her gums and right into her jawbone.

Obviously we wish the doctors had done a better job with her diagnosis but I guess in their defense she is quite a hypocondriac herself. Every little sneeze and sniffle she runs to the doctor...every little bump and bruies must be cancer. I guess her doctor's didn't take her as seriously as they should have but I can't lay blame on anyone.

My only advice would be to keep a VERY close eye on any lumps in your mouth and if anything gets bigger or changes or becomes more painful then fight the good fight and get someone to listen to you.

Like I said before, I don't think you have OC (my mother is 66 and has smoked for 55 years and has also worn ill fitting dentures for many years)

Good Luck Matt and please keep us informed.

Jackie