I hope by now you have completely recovered and your journey going well. I had a biopsy 10 days ago and although still sore it is well on the way to healing . For you and others I was given a post treatment information sheet at the hospital, which was very helpful. I am retired so was not thinking in terms of how long I would debilitated by the procedure. But it would have been useful to have this information before so I was prepared. I had four stitches below the tongue, and yes it was very painful from the moment the local anaesthetic wore off, for at least 7 days. Fortunately had codeine phosphate tabs as well as Paracetamols, due to having arthritis, and even then the pain at times was only just bearable. It helped using Corsodil or salt water mouth washes two to three times daily, after cleaning my teeth. Also I found keeping mentally occupied helped. Like going to the cinema, where you are resting but absorbed in a good film. My prognosis is quite optimistic but it's a long time to wait for results. I am still glad I went ahead otherwise I would spend a lot more time worrying. Good luck and best wishes to all who read this.

I hope by now you have completely recovered and your journey going well. I had a biopsy 10 days ago and although still sore it is well on the way to healing . For you and others I was given a post treatment information sheet at the hospital, which was very helpful. I am retired so was not thinking in terms of how long I would debilitated by the procedure. But it would have been useful to have this information before so I was prepared. I had four stitches below the tongue, and yes it was very painful from the moment the local anaesthetic wore off, for at least 7 days. Fortunately had codeine phosphate tabs as well as Paracetamols, due to having arthritis, and even then the pain at times was only just bearable. It helped using Corsodil or salt water mouth washes two to three times daily, after cleaning my teeth. Also I found keeping mentally occupied helped. Like going to the cinema, where you are resting but absorbed in a good film. My prognosis is quite optimistic but it's a long time to wait for results. I am still glad I went ahead otherwise I would spend a lot more time worrying. Good luck and best wishes to all who read this.