Waiting for a diagnosis

My husband had a mouth ulcer he bit by accident it bled and now 6 weeks later has not healed went to GP who fast tracked im for cancer referral as precaution.  Seen a consultant who wants to do an mri this weekend and if not gone by time he goes back to see consultant in early nov will do biopsy.  They said it could be mouth cancer his lymph nodes in his neck are also slightly swollen.  Im so so worried.

  • Hello Susanne and welcome to the forum. 

    I know that lots of our members here will know just how worrying it can be when a loved one is going through tests for a possible cancer diagnosis. It sounds as if your GP and the Consultant are acting quickly to try and determine what the cause of this ulcer is and hopefully the next few weeks will bring some answers for you both. 

    We do have quite a few members here who've had different oral cancers so if you are given bad news please know that there's a group of people right here who will support you. 

    We also have a team of nruses here at Cancer Research UK and should you want to talk things through with them you're welcome to post in our Ask the Nurses topic area or you can call them on 0808 800 4040 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm). 

    Keep in touch Susanne and let us know how things go with your husband. 
    Best wishes, 

    Jenn
    Cancer Chat moderator