I am a 45 yr old woman and have a long standing auto immune condition called Oral Lichen Planus. In Feb I developed a thickened white patch inside my cheek. My consultant gave me a steroid injection into it. It didnt go away do he made an appointment for me to have it removed. By the time I went for removal 5 weeks later it was too big so he did a biopsy. The results came back last week and there are pre cancer cells graded severe involved, so I have to have the rest of it removed under a general with some urgency so it will be done within next 3 weeks.

My main question is, is this what is making me feel ill and tired all the time? The lesion appeared the week my iron tablets were stopped because my results were (just) in range so I have blamed that and have bought some ferrous fumerate to take. I'm healthy and active usually but really do feel like my energy has gone walkabouts without me. I'm inclined towards thinking its iron but just wondered what people's thoughts are.

Thanks for reading