Hi Everyone Still not getting notifications so glad I logged in this evening.

It's really reassuring that other people found the biopsy painful, now on Day 8 and it does seem a little better today, although I still can't manage a full meal, I'm ravenously hungry but the pain just stops me from eating as much as I want to. When I'm not eating my mouth is only mildly uncomfortable now so that is good although I'm scared to leave off the anti-flammatories.

I get my results next Tuesday, am thinking that no news is good news, if they had found anything sinister I assume I would have been contacted by now. Unless they are really busy and my sample hasn't been evaluated yet.

It's amazing to hear from so many positive people who have been through so much but are upbeat about it and want to give advice and encouragement to other people. 

And demc - thank you so much for your concern, I promise once I've got this mouth thing sorted I will look at making an appointment for a mammogram :-)

Hi  kitty great to hear from you! good to hear your able to eat gotta make up for all that time you couldnt...i was told to eat all i could even try to put on a bit of weight while i could because when time came round to getting op i wouldnt be able to eat again so id have that bit of extra weight to lose...and it worked tho 2 years down the line i just cant eat the way i did just small children like portions are now big enough for me i have never been any more than 10- 11 stone now im around 9 stone ...not happy about it but i just cant eat the smae or even enjoy eating food  gotta be soft easy to swallow always need water to wash it down...sugar drives my tougne mad burning kinda feeling...but hey thats not a bad price to pay compared to so many many others...enough about me kitty stay well and let us know how you get on...i understand what you are saying about your appt for mammagram will nag you later on in the months ahead tho! lol stay well kitty.. 

Feel really sad that you don't enjoy your food like you used to, demc, I've promised myself that when my mouth is back to normal I'm going to buy myself a 6 pack of Walkers cheese and onion and eat the lot! All that salt will do wonders for my blood pressure but I don't care, 9 days without crisps is just too much! 

The biopsy area is now covered in white skin so I am thinking that it is healing, a lot of  the problem is that I don't really know what to expect, I don't know how the sore area should look, it's still very swollen. 

Just glad that the worst of the pain is over. Although eating cheese, chocolate and nuts makes the area hurt - some of my favourite things ️

  Hi kitty great to hear you are back to eating eyeing up the cheese and onion crisps! kitty im not sure what the biopsy area looks like i cant see mine! cant hold my tongue out far enough to see it! id have to take mine out and turn it over! lol yes im sure ur tongue  is still swollen...i remember day after my op the doctor told me id have to get tube put in if i didnt start to eat! my tougne was so swollen i couldnt talk never mind try to put food in break it up und try to swallow! only when you have been through this can you understand...yes i can manage chocolate cheese lovely but no way nuts! hope you are keeping well kitty best wishes...

Not long now until my results. I'm gong to discuss SLS toothpaste ( sodium lauryl sulphate) with the Consultant - shortly before the lesion appeared, I had problems with sensitivity in one of my teeth and my dentist gave me a  sample tube of Sensitive toothpaste and said rub that over the tooth before you go to bed. Being me, I plastered the whole area with the stuff. After the sore appeared, I googled Mouth Ulcers Due to Toothpaste and found that SLS is possibly implicated in   ulceration. I can't remember the time frame between applying the toothpaste and the appearance of the lesion, but am now wondering if it was some sort of chemical burn . Or am I grasping at straws......

  hi kitty please let us know how things go Tuesday..dont be worring to much mrs...have a lovely weekend get plenty sleep too...listen to me eh...just hopeing its a reaction to the toothpaste speak soon goodnight.

Hi Kitty.

I will be thinking of you on Tuesday and keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Have you had the ulcer for quite awhile?

I came across a website for dentists it had a huge list of benign oral ulcers I was really surprised how many there is. That made me hopeful after reading that. Stats say 90 out of 100 are benign.

Ive looked at 100s of photos of both benign and cancerous lesions and not one looked anything like mine. Consultant took photos of it so it may end up added to Glasgow Dental College picture gallery of oral cancers (I hope not). They supply complimentary pictures to training hospitals.

I have some autoimmune conditions(I hate the word disease).One of which causes oral problems like glossitis and ulcers and if your unlucky stomach cancer. So Im no stranger to ulcers. This one is a tricky one,not easy to see and giving no pain or symptoms. I only noticed it when investigating a cracking sore throat I had at the time.

Hope to hear some good news from yourself take care. xx

PS. I tried tomato sauce crisps last night they tasted awful and stung like crazy :-(

 Hello clara how are you keeping i have just been reading your first post so sorry to read all the problems you are facing alone....must be so hard having to try get through this dame thing yourself dont know how id cope...but hey girl you stay strong keep busy clara you are in my thoughts speak again soon x

Hello Dee

Good to hear from you.

I was telling my youngest daughter about these cruk chat pages and how good it is to be able to converse with people that have had this journey or waiting to. I always say its good to talk.

I know they said around 3 weeks to heal on palate but it gets you down. I keep thinking my mouth was fine a month ago and now its holy murder! And the worst part is still to come.....

Its only a few days now till I see consultant and get the fuller picture. I noticed they took the biopsy from the soft palate and not the hard palate where the leukoplaktia is.I hope this isnt an error and have to have it done again. I would run up the corrider like a mad thing lol that would raise a few eyebrows :-)

Keep well speak soon.x

Tomato sauce crisps! LOL as the young ones say... My mouth is so much more comfortable now although I won't be going near any pickled onions just yet.

Yes, it's good to talk and to know that what you are going through has been experienced by other people - I almost bothered the Hospital as I was so alarmed by the pain as the caresheet they gave me said the pain would be managed by paracetamol and ibuprofen. But after chatting to you, DEMC, I realised that the pain can indeed be severe - saved me from wasting my time and theirs( plus a £3.00 parking fee at the Hospital!) 

So in hindsight, if anyone has a planned tongue biopsy ( mine was offered on the day and I had no time to think about it) I would advise that you start your painkillers before the procedure. Paracetamol doesn't cut it, you will need co-codamol for the first few days plus an anti-inflammatory and an anaesthetic gel containing benzocaine. Who needs Slimming World, just have a biopsy on the side of your tongue!! :-)

A friend is coming with me on Tuesday, I'm sure all will be fine, will be sure to let you know. And then we will wait to hear Clara's news, sending very warmest wishes Clara, will your daughter be going with you?

Xxx