 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF. Please call your doctor so they can check you out. The only way to know for sure if its oral cancer is a biopsy which is usually done by an ENT or oral surgeon. It takes about a week after you get it done to get the results back. Please try not to worry, I know its much easier said than done. Its very scary waiting for tests and then waiting for the results, it can make you upset. There are so many other things that it could be besides oral cancer. Enjoy the holidays with your children. Best of luck to you.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
