Hello

Melly01,

Welcome to the H&N forum, sorry you are here,  but the great news is you haven’t been diagnosed with cancer . 

We live and breathe here based on biopsies.  Hopefully, yours will be “no cancer”.

You are taking care of it now, so don’t get despondent over time.  Soon you will know all and can plan accordingly.  Until then try to relax and remember the doctor said “it doesn't really look like cancer” and hang your current hat on that.

Good luck,

Matt

the_wife said:

Breathe

If you have had a CT scan and it didn't show anything, chances are you do not have cancer. If you have had a scope and were told it doesn't look like cancer, then it most likely is not. So...take heart in those two very good signs. Like you, my hubby went to Urgent Care where they did a CT, but in his case something showed up right away. Although they didn't say "cancer" then, I could tell by their faces that it was not good. They called an ENT while we were there and told us to go directly to their office the following morning. My hubby's HPV+ tonsil cancer was so obvious to the docs viewing it on the CT scan and scope (and they as much told us so upfront). The biopsy only confirmed what they already believed and warned us about upfront. 

Deep breaths....and don't freak out until you have something definite. I know - easier said than done.

Best of luck to you!! 

It's not cancer until they say it is.

So, deep breaths and try to relax. As already explained CT's normally show cancer up very well and your doctor has said the "mass" doesn't really look like cancer (ENT's deal with this stuff every day so they usually have a pretty good idea when they are looking at a cancerous mass)

This sounds like it's probably a benign condition but either way you will soon know. Until you do know for sure try not to worry too much.

Also, it's best if you stay away from Dr Google... I know the temptation is there to look up symptoms and other pieces of information but it doesn't do any good, can give you old and misleading information and generally scare the hell out of you. 

Keep in touch with the folks here and be advised by your doctors.

Let us know how you get on.

Melly01 said:

Thank you all. I was very

Thank you all. I was very freaked out because I just watched 2 different people go through this and one was stage IV and believe me when I say this. He had a softball size tumor that never showed up on CT.  I don't know how it happened but it did.  I just need encouragement. I can't sleep, eat, nothing and everytime I look at my babies all I can do is cry.  Wow I do not know how you are all so strong But I appreciate you all so much.  God bless u all. I will keep u updated on my progress.

Three years ago I developed a white patch/sore on the right side of my tongue. Had to have biopsy. etc... Fot a few day's I had a complete meltdown, couldn't eat or sleep, was constantly anxious, endlessly Googling and then I found this forum and they calmed me down.

Turned out the lesion was pre-cancerous and I had it removed in a minor operation with no other treatment required. Have been fine since. Point is there's no point getting wound up until you know what's what.  Anxiety itself can make you ill (it did me) and it might be that there's nothing really to be anxious about in the end.

Stick with the folks here and they will guide you through the process (whether thats just to the biopsy results which hopefully will be fine, or into other avenues post biopsy if needs be)

You are talking about?  Have you seen an ENT?

This is not an ER diagnosis that you need.

Hi Melly,

I think it's hard to say how long you will have biopsy pain for as everybody is individual and have different pain thresholds. When I had biopsy on my tongue it was very painful for first 24-48hrs but after that was just really discomfort which lasted for about a week.

 I found using a salt rinse 3-4 times a day helped with discomfort in my mouth. I hope your out of pain soon.

Do let us know when you get the results.