possible new problem_very strange-update

joannaw81
joannaw81 Member Posts: 185 Member
edited August 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1

Hello everyone. I did not post for awhile. My mom is NED for 2.5 years now, as some of you may know she had recurrence 3 times and total of 4 surgeries. Today she noticed something on her bottom gum. She does not currently have any bottom teeth as she had to take them out. She had them removed in may. Anyhow something is hanging off her gum, it looks like a string, approx. Half an inch long, it is white, at the end where it is connected it to the gum it is black.  There is no bump or it is not hard on the gum, u CAN'T feel nothing. We have a dentist appointment tomorrow with her ent. Just scared. Any thoughts? 

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  • KTeacher
    KTeacher Member Posts: 1,103 Member
    #2
    Necrosis

    I am dealing with a gap in my upper gum.  No pain but I have no feeling on that side of my head.  Doctor was going to give me a prescription but a red flag came up, I am allergic.  Looking into HBOT.  I will let you know what happens, hopefully I will have more information next week.

  • phrannie51
    phrannie51 Member Posts: 4,716
    #3
    I haven't a clue....

    but am glad to hear she has an appointment with her ENT and dentist tomorrow.....I'd hate having to wait to get in.

    p

  • wmc
    wmc Member Posts: 1,804
    #4
    It sounds like

    It sounds like one of the stiches used when they took the teeth out. If she is not wearing dentures that might be why she has not noticed it before. I had bone chips work there way up to the top of my gums fro a year. Bone chips will hurt like hell if you have dentures. You have to break the skin and get them out. If it is a stich that hasn't sluffed off yet your Dr will remove it. I would not be concerned yet.

  • joannaw81
    joannaw81 Member Posts: 185 Member
    #5
    wmc said:

    It sounds like

    It sounds like one of the stiches used when they took the teeth out. If she is not wearing dentures that might be why she has not noticed it before. I had bone chips work there way up to the top of my gums fro a year. Bone chips will hurt like hell if you have dentures. You have to break the skin and get them out. If it is a stich that hasn't sluffed off yet your Dr will remove it. I would not be concerned yet.

    Thanks but

    Thank u all for your support. Kteacher- isn't necrosis wholes? WMC- I don't think this is a stitch, this looks like skin tissue. 

  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #6
    Hi Joann

    It’s hard to say at this point but I don’t think it is any kind of necrosis. Best to let the Dentist and ENT look before you think it is another recurring of any C. I am dealing with necrosis and it is nothing like what you have described so for now it is a wait and see and pray.

     

    Tim Hondo  

  • joannaw81
    joannaw81 Member Posts: 185 Member
    #7
    thank you

    thank you guys,

    Hondo you are such an inspiration. I always read your posts, you give me lots of hope, all of you do. I will update you later after appoint. at ENT. At this point I think he will have to remove it and send it for biopsy.

    thanks again.

  • debbiejeanne
    debbiejeanne Member Posts: 3,102 Member
    #8
    praying for a good outcome. 

    praying for a good outcome.  try not to think the worst, it probably isn't, but i do know that's hard not to think.  hang in there and please let us know what it is.

    God bless you,

    dj

  • joannaw81
    joannaw81 Member Posts: 185 Member
    #9
    great news

    So it turns out that it was just a stich from the tooth removal.  WMC sorry I didn't listen to u. Thank you everyone for u r support.  I wish u all the best. I always have all of u in my prayers.  

     

  • KTeacher
    KTeacher Member Posts: 1,103 Member
    #10
    joannaw81 said:

    great news

    So it turns out that it was just a stich from the tooth removal.  WMC sorry I didn't listen to u. Thank you everyone for u r support.  I wish u all the best. I always have all of u in my prayers.  

     

    So glad

    So glad that was taken care of so quickly.

  • wmc
    wmc Member Posts: 1,804
    #11
    joannaw81 said:

    great news

    So it turns out that it was just a stich from the tooth removal.  WMC sorry I didn't listen to u. Thank you everyone for u r support.  I wish u all the best. I always have all of u in my prayers.  

     

    So Glad It was nothing to worry about.

    So glad it wasn't anything serious. Don't be surprised if when she has the dentures she might get a sore spot and it will turn or look like a little white speck that hurts. It's a bone chip and it will work itself to the surface where you can get it out. My bottoms did that a lot but nothing from the uppers. Best of luck

    Bill

  • debbiejeanne
    debbiejeanne Member Posts: 3,102 Member
    #12
    joannaw81 said:

    great news

    So it turns out that it was just a stich from the tooth removal.  WMC sorry I didn't listen to u. Thank you everyone for u r support.  I wish u all the best. I always have all of u in my prayers.  

     

    wonderful news!!  Thank

    wonderful news!!  Thank God!

    dj

  • TracyLynn72
    TracyLynn72 Member Posts: 839
    #13
    joannaw81 said:

    great news

    So it turns out that it was just a stich from the tooth removal.  WMC sorry I didn't listen to u. Thank you everyone for u r support.  I wish u all the best. I always have all of u in my prayers.  

     

    Great news!

    I just saw this thread (somehow missed it earlier) and wanted to say that I had "strings" coming out of my neck after surgery.  It looked JUST LIKE pieces of string sticking out of the side of my neck!  My husband took pictures because it was so odd looking.  It turned out to be skin and a couple of stray stitches working their way out.  I had stitches on the inside (the kind that mostly dissolved on their own) and staples on the outside.  These few stragglers didn't dissolve all the way and it freaked me out!

     

    So glad it was a quick and easy fix :)

  • jim and i
    jim and i Member Posts: 1,788 Member
    #14
    praying it is a stitch
     

    praying it is a stitch

     

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