Possible mouth cancer - terrified!

I am 23 years old and in January started getting pain in my throat and found a lump in my mouth. It took until 2 weeks ago for the doctors to take it seriously and have a look at it, i was told 2 weeks ago that i would be getting a fast tracked 2 week referral but that there is a large backlog due to covid. I'm worried the time it is taking to get through to the appointments is going to have a bad affect and i'm extremely concerned as i haven't dealt with this before so I don't know what to expect or what to think. Can anyone give some advice on what I can do to calm my nerves, or what i can expect?

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  • Morning 

    I could of written this post. 
    I found a lump in my mouth a few months ago went to the dentist told nothing to worry about now I'm struggling with chronic sore throat and burning sensations in my ears and neck. 
     

    I have my first ENT appointment on Tuesday and I'm really scared as I don't want to leave my boys

     

    I hope things work out positive for you xx 

  • Good evening. I hope everything turns out well for you too.

    Dealing with something like this is scary enough, let alone the longer waiting times due to backlogs caused by Covid - it's not really helping!

    From what I've gathered from doing research on the possibilities it seems as though if the worst case scenario does happen, there is a fairly high survival rate and can be cured with just surgery if caught early enough, so silver linings i suppose. Please, if you feel up to it, keep in touch with how your appointment goes :)

    I hope all goes well for you x

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  • Good evening. I hope everything turns out well for you too.

    Dealing with something like this is scary enough, let alone the longer waiting times due to backlogs caused by Covid - it's not really helping!

    From what I've gathered from doing research on the possibilities it seems as though if the worst case scenario does happen, there is a fairly high survival rate and can be cured with just surgery if caught early enough, so silver linings i suppose. Please, if you feel up to it, keep in touch with how your appointment goes :)

    I hope all goes well for you x

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