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#29665 12-03-2007 02:37 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 71 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 71 | It is impossible of course to tell what this is without a biopsy, which could be accomplished with something as simple as a fine needle aspiration quickly. Given that you still have active cancer, there is always the risk that this is an additional extension of that disease. But I wish you to also consider the possibility that this is part of an infectious process - not further cancer, which characteristically presents with pain and sensitivity. I hope that you will bring this to your doctors attention at the earliest time. Even an infection is a complication that can get out of hand if not addressed promptly.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. | | |
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