OK I talked the oral surgeon into seeing me today. He said it looked like an averaged size ulcer that was trying to heal and that he thought I might have been biting my tongue while I sleep. He gave me a perscription for an oral rinse called peridox I think . (Chlorhexidine gluconate is the generic name) He said to come back and see him next week and he expected it to be healed up. He said if it wasnt he would just cut it out. He said the procedure would be very simple and recovery wouldnt be any worse than when I had my wisdom teeth pulled. He also said I shouldn't worry because if it was anything serious and its been there that long i wouldnt have a tongue or I wouldnt be here. I remeber reading that pain was usually present in later stages of OC so if it hurt 3 years ago wouldnt it have grown or spread since then if it were malignant? What gets me about this is that it'll bother me for a while and then I'll go weeks or months and forget all about it. But the fact that the off and on cycle has been going on so long and its in the same place is what bothers me. Any input please?