Bobby,

All these folks are making good points. You've had a little bit of everything to ponder, and Brian is exactly right: your answer and peace of mind can be obtained relatively easily. Just tell your doctor you've thought it over and want to know FOR SURE.

Here's my two cents' worth: My husband kept biting his cheek at night or in the early morning and complaining about it. Yet he didn't think it needed medical attention. He had been a pipe smoker for years, yet the fact that he was biting a spot over and over on the inside of his mouth seemed unrelated. To make this a short story, when he finally got it checked out, we discovered it was cancer and he was biting it because it was a tumor growing in his mouth. A year and a half later, he died.

Act. Now. Just take care of it.

Christine