Hello-
I am new here, first post.
My husband has an oblong lump inside his lower lip, it has been there for a little over a month now. he just told me about it last week. He is a smoker, and the lump is actually under where he puts his cigarette in his mouth.

My question is this:
should he goes to our family doc only to be sent to someone else, or should we bypass that and go directly to a dentist or another kind of doctor? I see "ear, nose and throat" on this site a lot, but he only has the one lump in his mouth. I want to minimize the amount of time waiting while being shuffled around between doctors. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Just this year, I lost my father to lung cancer after only 6 months. I was his primary caregiver, and as most of you probably know, it is a hard thing to do. There are 2 other people in my exended family who have been diagnosed this year with non-hodgkins lymphoma and breast cancer. I know, wah, wah, poor me. My point is, I just want to know what this is in my husband's mouth ASAP so it can be treated ASAP.
thanks,
allihay