Hi,

My name is Christy, and I am new to this forum. My grandma was just diagnosed with oral cancer. She is suppose to be having another biopsy on September 1. My question is....why are they not cutting out all the cancer in her mouth on September 1. She was checked on Tuesday and the cancer was not in her nose area yet. I don't think it is in the neck yet either. From the research I have done I think she may be at stage 2. We are still waiting for the CT scan also. It takes so long for all these tests to come back.....meanwhile, her cancer is growing so fast. She first noticed the little sore on the weekend before August 2 (day she had it looked at). The doctor put her on an antibiotic. The sore got bigger. She was on holidays and saw a doctor two more times. They didn't do anything either. When she got back from holidays she went to the hospital and they did a biopsy there (August 17). Her face is swollen.....now right up under her eye. She is 74 and her health is not so good. If they are not taking all the cancer on September 1 does that mean her cancer is other places too? She had breat cancer over 10 years ago.....no reaccurance. What should I expect? I don't understand why they don't proceed faster.....the time she gets surgery her stage 2 cancer will be stage 3 or 4.