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Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 229 | Keeping my fingers crossed that it will be nothing to worry about.
Patty
08-10-09 Partial Glossectomy w/suprahyoid neck dissection
SCC T1NOMX Stage I | 46 years old
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | My thrush was white or cream colored and very painful until the horse pills kicked in.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 701 Likes: 1 | Hi Angelia,
Thinking about you and hoping you get the attention you want from your doctor. Stay vigilant!
Anita (68)
CG to husband, Clark, 79,
DX SCC 11/07, T4N0Mx, PEG 1/08, RAD, post rad infection 3/08,
HBOT 40 dives, ORN, Surg 11/09 mandibulectomy w/fibular graft.
Plastic Surg 4/10, 12/10, 3/11, 10/11, 4/12, 10/12. All PETS clear,
PEG out 1/11. 6/11 non union jaw fracture
Fractured jaw w/surgery 7/14
Aspiration pneumonia 7/21, 10/22
PEG 7/21
Botox injections
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Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 38 | Keep your head up, and try to keep yourself busy. I also had bad news with a hot PET scan, but a negative biopsy. I also read a recent post from Bloop19. She has a lump which turned out to be scar tissue. Although these stories are not yours, maybe yours will also have a positive outcome. Like you, I am a teacher, so I know your initial thoughts may be about how to juggle possible new treatments and the students. Don't worry, it will all work out. Like another person told me, "It ain't cancer til they say it's cancer!" Hang tough! You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Bee Boppin' Barb
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Teacher aged 48, SCC Left side and floor of Tongue, Dx December, 2009. Stage II T2 N0 M0 Successful partial glossectomy surgery with thigh flap and neck dissection 3/8/10. 6 weeks of radiation tx ended 6/30/10. Happily surviving!
"Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere."
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Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,412 | Saw my periodontist today and he said that the lump definitely looked like oral cancer, but he also said it could be irritation from my tongue rubbing on a tooth. I hope it is the latter one.
Angelia
31 at Dx.
DX: 4/30/09, 10/21/09 SCC on floor of mouth,
T1NOMO, T2N1M0
TX: 39 IMRT, 8 cisplatin 11/30/09
PET/CT: 11/03/09: Lymph node involvement
PEG/PORT: 11/09
TX end: 02/01/10
PET Scan: 04/05/10 clear
PEG Out: 06/21/10
Biopsy: 12/23/10: fibrosis
HBO: 01/04/11 - ORN
Baby girl born 11-30-12
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Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 138 | Oh I certainly hope it is the latter too. Are you going to get a biopsy?
BOT-SCC Partial glossectomy 7/16/09.
Stage IV, Rt ND 10/2/09.
Teeth out 11/5/09.
Port/peg in, 11/20/09.
7 wks rad & chemo, end 1/22/10
lung, colon biopsies 1/9/11 - both cancer
colon resect surg 1/10/11
Folfox + Avastin - discontinued 6/11
lung surgery 3/13/12, 5/1/12
mets to liver and bones
passed away 9/4/13
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Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,412 | My nurse said that they may go ahead and do a biopsy tomorrow.
Angelia
31 at Dx.
DX: 4/30/09, 10/21/09 SCC on floor of mouth,
T1NOMO, T2N1M0
TX: 39 IMRT, 8 cisplatin 11/30/09
PET/CT: 11/03/09: Lymph node involvement
PEG/PORT: 11/09
TX end: 02/01/10
PET Scan: 04/05/10 clear
PEG Out: 06/21/10
Biopsy: 12/23/10: fibrosis
HBO: 01/04/11 - ORN
Baby girl born 11-30-12
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 357 | Good luck, Angelia.
Praying it's irritation.
Marlene
Marginal mandibulectomy 6/17/08 resulted in DX of Stage I SCC - gingiva (3 mm) right mandible, buccal side. Clear margins. Occasional social drinker. Smoked last cigarette in 1979. Clear pet: 12/08; 7/20/09. Yay!
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5 | Peridontists are not cancer doctors nor, in my opinion, should they be saying things like that! I have never had a doctor actually say it was cancer until they KNEW it was. They always withhold a diagnosis until they have evidence, so I wouldn't put any stock in what he said.
Until you actually get some results, try to stay as calm as possible. I have had numerous lumps and bumps on my tongue and neck and have found that worrying doesn't improve them, and magically some of them just repair themselves. Turned out I had bitten my tongue or some such.
Get the biopsy - try to stay calm. And, crap that these worries are back with you.
Donna
Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
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Joined: May 2009 Posts: 1,412 | He did not say it was cancer, but he said it definitely looked like it. We have a great relationship that is open and honest. He was telling me what he thought and I do not fault him for that. I did ask for his opinion on what it was. He did give me another alternative to what it could be. I am seeing both my dentist and RO today to get a definite. Whatever will be, will be. I can not change anything. I just figure that the left side of my tongue wants to match the right side. 
Angelia
31 at Dx.
DX: 4/30/09, 10/21/09 SCC on floor of mouth,
T1NOMO, T2N1M0
TX: 39 IMRT, 8 cisplatin 11/30/09
PET/CT: 11/03/09: Lymph node involvement
PEG/PORT: 11/09
TX end: 02/01/10
PET Scan: 04/05/10 clear
PEG Out: 06/21/10
Biopsy: 12/23/10: fibrosis
HBO: 01/04/11 - ORN
Baby girl born 11-30-12
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