Oral cancer worry

Hi mummyofthree

I've had a look at some of your other posts and it’s good to see that you have had some all clears and nothing was found. 
Its equally good that you have managed to find somebody to help you with your health anxiety in these challenging times. It’s a truly horrid worry to cope with and I have first hand experience as my daughter suffers similarly. 
Many a day has found me at the end of the phone trying to talk her down out of her panic. 
As you  have an appointment with both your GP and your dentist tomorrow you should get your mind put at rest fairly quickly and it’s probably best that we avoid trying to compare lumps and bumps. 
Hoping it’s nothing and wishing you luck. 

Hi Mummyofthree

As Dani has said you’ve got appointments coming up soon so best advise I can give us what my oncologist said to me keep off Dr Google please , like he said even he could diagnose himself ill when he isn’t sick. 
Pop back on when  you’ve seen g p and dentist 

best wishes Hazel 

Hello Dani, 

thankyou for replying to my concerns. It’s nice to know somebody understands my anxiety. I’m sorry your daughter often feels this way too it is so debilitating to feel like this. I’m hoping it’s something that can be cleared up with antibiotics, but in my head I’m fearing the worst already, thanks to google! (Which I know I shouldn’t be doing, but it’s hard to stay away!) 

I just want to know, can symptoms come and go or are they persistent? That may be a hard question for you also and if u cannot answer I will 100% understand. 

thankyou! Xx

Hello hazel! 

I try so hard to stay away from google but it’s so hard when I have so many questions in my head that I think google will answer. I’m so nervous for my appointments tomorrow, just incase it’s the worst, I just don’t think I could take it. Wish I never felt like this. 

xxx

YOu unfortunately can read too much into google so resist it please, it will only make your anxiety issues worse.

Take it from me watch drivel and  put your phone  down !

soon be morning Hazel 

Please stay off Google. 
Google can tell you that you have every cancer under the sun. If you look in the right place it can also tell you you can cure it with Apricots or swimming naked in a frozen lake. 
Please just hang on till tomorrow 

I agree totally with Dani and Hazel , i have had cancer 3 times all linked with the head and neck, and not once did i look on google i relied on my consultant's diagnoses and places like this, i know this may sound hard but this has not helped your anxiety. I have had a pea-like lump in my neck since 2009 after my first operation, it was biopsied and was given the all-clear, i chose not to have it removed as i was still recovering from my first operation so i just left it alone. Im sure your consultant will tell you what, Dani, Hazel, and myself have said about google. Im 12 years clear of cancer but there are always thoughts in the back of my mind if something does not feel right so i get it checked. Good luck Mummyofthree with your appointment tomorrow. Take care 

                                                                   Chris x

Hi Mummyofthree

Nobody can offer you a diagnosis except for your clinical experts. 

I guess you are heading out for your appointments right now, but to offer you some comfort I had very similar symptoms in my molars on the side that I had cancer.  My dentist did not bother to see me, instead referring me straight to oral surgery.  I was checked and what I have is an infection under the tooth and the red/white bits on the gum that worried me so much was "just" the puss from the infection draining out.  When that duct blocked up then the tooth hurt like hell.  When it drained I did not notice any pain.  A good explanation from the oral surgeon helped me understand the situation.  He also thoroughly checked for oral cancer or which I was clear.

Whilst this may not be your case, I hope that hearing of someone in a similar situation who has been cleared of cancer (in that area) helps settle your mind just a little.

Good luck with the appointments and let us know how you get on.

Hi, Mummyofthree Good luck with your appointments today, I hope you have your mind put at rest.

Regards Ray.

Hello Peter, 

thankyou for sharing this with me, I am currently in the dentist waiting to be seen! I’m hoping all is ok and will update you all when I have been seen. 
I had a phone appointment with my GP about the lump in my neck and she is going to examine it next Wednesday and if she is unhappy will send me for an ultrasound to start with. 

xxx