Not arguing about the qualifications of my oral surgeon, his comment to me was prior to starting his local practice, his speciality training and practice was in head and neck cancer for several years. I don't know what that's worth. I had another MRI today with Fat suppression which is supposed to be the best for detecting oral cancer out of CT, PET and standard MRI based on my extensive research.....since I can not focus enough to work any more. Results tomorrow morning. I am blessed to have some experience and connections in the local medical community and have no tolerance for waiting.

On a side note, in spending a lot of time on this site, I would urge everyone to be assertive when scheduling tests. I called three different imaging centers and my first question was how quickly I could get in and how quickly I could get the results. Their attitude was totally different when they realized that I was not just going to use whatever center my doc wrote the orders for. I got in within 24 hours and was assured of the results within 24 hours. Having owned a medical facility, I can assure you that despite this being life or death to you and me, medicine is a business. I am not demeaning the medical community, but they are conditioned to give worst case scenario expectations on timeframes and then seem to adjust their performance accordingly. When you give them an opportunity to compete and excel, they will usually perform beyond expectations. It is simple human nature.

As I mentioned in my original note, I have repeatedly seen two different oral surgeons and two different ENT's over the past three or fours years, one of each in the last month.

If the MRI is clear, I have to make a decision to dive into a biopsy without any real target. Not sure how that will happen, but I can not function any more.