 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | bw,
The first thing you need to do is calm way down. None of us here are going to be able to diagnose you so to ease your anxiety get to a qualified ENT and let the process run it's course. As long as I've been associated with this cancer I don't ever remember a case where the cancer has gone from the mouth (primary) to a distant met (lungs) without first lodging in the lymph nodes in the neck on one or perhaps both sides. Anyway it doesn't matter what I think or say because I'm not qualified to assess your situation. Just get to that ENT ASAP and lets see what happens.
Good luck and remember we have a saying around here that it's not cancer until it's confirmed as cancer which is usually by a biopsy.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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