[quote=davidcpa]While the length of time it's been present is optimistic you should have had this thing biopsied sooner with your tobacco history so lets hope it comes back negative.

We have a saying here that it's not cancer until it's confirmed through a biopsy so lets wait and see. [/quote]

Yes, it would have been good to have had it checked a couple years ago and it would have been even better had I never started smoking all those years ago. I'm not one to dwell on the past though. The "now" is what's important to me.