Tongue biopsy + MRI and CT

Hello guys, very very helpful forum.

I had a tongue biopsy today due to an ulcer to the side of my tongue that hasn't gone away in 2 months and was growing.

From reading this forum the order normally goes;

You get diagnosed with cancer, MRI CT. I am supper worried as the results for the biopsy are not due until the 16th but they are fast tracking me for an MRI and CT scan. The doctors did not help but basically telling me to prepare for the worst.

My question really is... Could it be something else other than cancer? 

I'm 30 and have been smoking and drinking since I was 16...

I am so scared....

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  • For anyone going through what I was experiencing. Just know there is still hope. I was convinced it was cancer and so were the doctors. The results were back today and I am over the moon as it was diagnosed as pyogenic granuloma.

    I felt like I had to update so so many of the posts I was reading were not updated while I was reading on it.

    I really and genuinely hope nobody has to ever go through this again. 

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  • For anyone going through what I was experiencing. Just know there is still hope. I was convinced it was cancer and so were the doctors. The results were back today and I am over the moon as it was diagnosed as pyogenic granuloma.

    I felt like I had to update so so many of the posts I was reading were not updated while I was reading on it.

    I really and genuinely hope nobody has to ever go through this again. 

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