Numbness in chin and tongue

I don't know Rob but I am not sure there is anything to get excited about at this point. If I am correct an MRI shows the very fine detail of everything in the area. So I am sure it would have shown cancer if there was any and that would be my main concern. And the tumor board didn't mention cancer or a biopsy, but they certainly want to get an answer for you and stave off future problems if possible or necessary. Although I very well understand that we would rather not have anything going on in the head and neck area because it sure makes us think the wrong way. I am thinking the past radiation has caused something in the area to be out of shape thus causing pinched nerves or irritated nerves hence your tingling feeling. I had an area in my cheek at the back molars on the left side, the same side as all my cancers that was sore. It felt like a soreness as if the tooth were rubbing it or my inner cheek was being pinched between my molars thus making it sore. I was to see my ENT soon but bumped up my appointment earlier because of this. ENT checked it out and felt around, looked in my mouth, and of course scoped me, I get scoped every time I see him every three months. He said everything feels normal to the touch, and nothing unusual, and that looking in my mouth there were no sore spots, and the inside of my mouth and my cheek looked completely normal. He felt that either my last cancer episode with an operation on that side or previous radiation had affected the nerves and made me feel a sore spot where there was none. I subsequently saw my dentist soon after for my regular check-up and he concurred, everything was fine and it must be from the previous treatment. This sore feeling hung on for several months and then it faded away and is now gone. No soreness today. I am thinking this may be your situation and they say effects like this can occur as we get older from radiation.

With all that said, I understand your anxiety. Just remember we always have a saying on here, "It's not cancer unless or till they say it is" and that's verified with scans and a biopsy that is positive for cancer. I have seen many cases on here with people upset and I tell them the same thing and there has been at least a handful that found out it was some other minor problems to handle or like in my case do nothing I would say 6 or 8 people since I have been reading this forum since late 2012. And they worried themselves incessantly till they got the final word and results, NED, nothing there.

I understand how you feel Robert, I have had cancer 3 times and I am well aware of the ideas, anxiety, and feeling we get when something is off and doesn't feel right. I look at it this way if it is something that needs attention we deal with it no matter what it is. In your case, I'm pulling for nothing. There was a person on here that had a doctor who after a yearly scan and everything looked normal with no problems told them he checked the scans and they are "Unremarkable" That is what I am hoping this is, some little thing that is "unremarkable" in this situation we want you to be "unremarkable".

Wishing You the Best

Take Care God Bless-Russ