 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Bethany
Welcome to OCF. You will find lots of help and support here. Your doctor should be sending you to an ENT. They will sometimes do the biopsy themselves or send you to an oral surgeon for it. That is the only way to tell if its cancer.
One thing you mentioned was how much it hurt. An oral cancer sore normally isnt painful. Its possible you have a pre-cancerious lesion.
Either way, a biopsy will tell. Its normally a 3 visit thing. First the consultation and they take insurance info. Next is the biopsy and finally about a week later the results come in. Try not to get upset before you know what it is that you are dealing with. Oral cancer is cureable.
Best of luck.
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  | 
