Wow, my head's spinning! I think I see how this works now though, I don't have to reply to each person who posts but can make a generalized reply? If so, then thanks all who replied to my original post for your welcomes, experiences, thoughts, and advice. I appreciate your willingness to share your "been there, done that" knowledge and wisdom with me and have taken it all to heart. Thanks to all of you, I feel a calm sense of peace about whatever awaits me tomorrow at the OS office. You're all wonderful role models, my new mentors living lives to aspire to!

The issues raised in the "to brush test or not" posts are prime examples of why this forum is so beneficial...it can provide the very latest info on procedures almost immediately as changes are made in the DX and other fields of OC. My "polypey" growths are located on the surface of my oropharynx/pharyngeal areas: base of tongue and back left side of my mouth... I'm sure it won't be long before I can be as medically specific as the rest of you:) Any health professional wanting to take biopsy specimens of either of my surface growth areas should have no trouble with easy access to both them. I'll keep you posted tomorrow. Thanks for caring!