Hey August, Thanks for the quick reply.


As for the insurance question, I guess I knew that I should go even if I do not have insurance at the moment but what I should have said, does anybody know if going now will hurt me when I am covered? Like preexisting condition.

I chose not to continue my insurance. So now, Monday I am going to see if there is any way that I can reinstate it somehow even though it has lapsed for a month.

- These types of cancer, how fast do they typically spread or grow?

I thought I read somewhere on this forum some ENT's are better at Dx. Is there something I should ask when calling to qualify them? It's Sat and I will not be able to get anywhere until Monday so I might as well be prepared when I do call.

- Is a week long enough to wait before going to the Dr.?
Normally I wouldn't react this way over a little sore, but the more I have been thinking and feeling my jaw the more worried I get.

Like others here I have two young ones, 5 and 6, and I could hardly let them go to bed tonight.