Angel - are you going to have the ENT dr who you say is a bully and doesn't listen to you, do the biopsy? I really wish you would consider going to Emory for a consult and second opinion. Have you asked your current ENT how many patients he has treated with oral cancer? When I asked the ENT that did my original bx that question, he told me he had "3-4" other patients. Well, believe me I did not want someone touching me that only had that little bit of experience - so I immediately want to a CCC (not Emory, I think I responded to you before that I was lucky to have the ability to go to MD Anderson in Houston, Tx, although I know it's difficult for a lot of people to travel that far)

Any physician that's too busy to answer your questions is not the physician you should be seeing...


Ginny M. SCC of Left lateral tongue Dx 04/06,Surgery MDACC 05/11/06: Partial glossectomy with selective neck dissection. T1N0M0 - no radiation. Phase III clinical trial ("EPOC" trial)04/07 thru 04/08 because tests showed a 65% chance of recurrence. 10 Year Survivor!