 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,606 Likes: 2 | Maria,
From everything you say and your questions, it sounds as though you do not feel you have investigated this enough. I would tend to agree with you and do not stop until you have peace of mind. As Brian Hill has pointed out numerous times, sores in the mouth should heal in a matter of days, not months. Panic does not help but you should see an ENT that specializes in treating cancer as his/her trained eye and experience will dictate what should be done. Nothing confirms this cancer except a pathologist examining a specimen under a microscope.
Good luck and best wishes for a negative path report.
Ed
SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
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Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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