question for Shell or Shane
#246638 - 02/15/06 09:23 PM
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MissS
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My husband has been complaining of his tongue being sore and he wakes up at night with pain shooting through it on one side. This has been going on for about a month, but he wouldn't let me look; until this morning. There's 2 white patches on the side that's painful and I've never seen anything like it before. He has trouble swallowing, too.
Since you've had some experience with mouth issues, I was wondering if you would answer some questions for me and refresh my memory a bit.
How do they test for cancer and is it painful? (hubby is very worried about this)
Were you having pain in your mouth where the sore was at? What did it look like? Symptoms?
What was your diagnosis and subsequent treatment?
What kind of specialist did you see?
If there's any info you can share with us, we'd appreciate it. My husband has an appointment on Tuesday with his doctor.
Thanks,
Terri
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I just sent Shane an email to check out this thread....
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My hubby is a dentist and I think that he should see his regular dentist first where they can swab it for cancer and (god forbid) if it is his dentist would refer him to an oral surgeron. I am assuming that by him going to his doctor he is seeing a regular doctor instead of a dentist. He will probably have him go there anyways. I really hope that everything is ok!!
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Hi Terri
I was pretty fortunate. I had a large, for the lack of a better description, pimple on my gum. When I called my dentist to schedule and appointment for the following day he insisted I drop everything and run in......didnt do alot for my peace of mind LOL. Long story short, I saw my dentist, an endo and an oral surgeon that day. The ultimate diagnosis was a repulsion. My tooth was decaying from the inside and infecting my mouth. The "hail Mary" treatment was a root canal....I wont know for about a year if Im going to keep the tooth and the infected chunk of jaw its attached to. I have no symptoms now. Whats all this have to do with the hubbies situation? Nothing except that mouth issues always seem to produce some pretty scary looking s**t.
What I suspect will happen is the doctor will either want to watch it and see if it changes color/shape/texture...or they will want to do a biopsy right away. If they need to do that, there will be a blade, a little blood and some pain. BUT....I have had some fairly invaisive oral surgery and the pain is fairly easily controlled. The biopsy would be less painful than a tooth extraction I imagine. No matter what, early diagnosis and treatment is key to these kinds of things. Let us know how it goes, Im sure it will be fine. I hope I helped...
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Should have read the rest of the posts before I commented. If I'm reading this right, the biopsy might not require any cutting......all the better.
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Shane,
Thanks for taking the time to reply to my post. I really do appreciate it. My husband has such a low tolerance for pain and I know he's worried about it.
He read your post to us, and he's very hopeful that his problem is something minor. You're definitely 100% right about how scary looking these things can be. I'm sorry that you had to go through the worry associated with this, but it's comforting to know someone who has been there and everything's okay.
So in regards to your other post, are you thinking that maybe he might require a swab for testing? Wow, I had no idea that might even be a possibility.
I'll let you know what we find out.
We're hoping for the best.
Terri
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