#72174 03-31-2008 05:42 AM | Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 194 Senior Member (100+ posts) | OP  Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 194 | Hi, After 7 years cancer free, I got a suprise. Alump showed up on my tongue. 1st. biopsy clear, it grew back and showed some irregular cells.Then after 7 months it grew back! This time cat scan and surgery. Scan clean and surgery removed everything till only clear cells. I can hardly talk and my head feels like it was in a vice, probably was. It's been a long time for me, what do I do now, just watch it with my ENT, keep a eye out for a new site? Any advice?
gnelson, StageIV, cancer free since Nov.9,2000
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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: Nov 2007 Posts: 212 | I'm with David, what did the biopsy say it was? Lots of things go on on the tongue.
Cancer of Tongue, SCC early Stage 1, Dx 3/13/07, partial glossectomy 4/14/07 found no residual carcinoma and a granular cell tumor with pseudo epitheliomatous hyperplasia.
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Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 194 | Sorry, The biopsy before this surgery and Cat scan showed Squeamus cell.I have not gotten the new one from the surgery.I guess I am a bit tense about this wondering where will it be next.I am a stage 4 survivor, floor of mouth, about 4 inches of jaw removed.I had a flap from my leg that failed, so they rebuilt my face from shoulder and arm.I do not have a lot of flesh left on the bottom of my face to work with.I have a metal bar for a jaw bone.If the cancer would come back again, they would have to remove bar, and then I would have trouble eating and talking.I may just be buying trouble worrying about this but this is not a road I want to go down.gnelson
gnelson, StageIV, cancer free since Nov.9,2000
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