Hello from New Delhi, India

Well, that's where my father in law is, and he is the one with cancer. I am in michigan. We just found out papa has oral tongue cancer two days ago. I have been spending hours upon hours upon hours since then trying to find out what kinds of doctors he needs to see. The thing is that he had a condition called oral lichun planus that is what caused his ulcer, so we were hoping to find some oncologist who would be able to treat or remove the cancer without aggravating the pre-existing condition that caused it in the first place.

We only have initial biopsy results and won't have much more until tuesday.

Anyway, it's my husband who I am trying most to comfort, he gets on a plane to go to new delhi this week while I stay here and hope for the best.

I am not asking my husband to get too involved on research at this point, because I guess I want to protect him from the potential reality of what papa could be facing, because papa is a healthy man I feel can do fine with this. I think papa is either in stage 1 or 2, based on the size of the ulcer which takes up about 1/3 of the left side of his tongue. Our main concern is to find other doctors for a second opinion as soon as possible because if not he may have to just go in for surgery as his current doc says to. But I don't trust these docs there because if he had been properly diagnosed by the dermatologist he saw in 2002 he would have been aware of the importance of regular checkups for oral lesions.

I will be glued to this forum for days to come. Any helpful suggestions for avoiding redundant or outdated info are welcome. God bless all of you for your fight and wish us all the very best in the coming days. In the future I hope to be a more contributing member for those who need help like I do right now.

Natasha