Me again hopefully some advice

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Hi how do people cope with all the waiting around im a very anxious person anyway and all this is stressing me im on my own a lot of the time so no support 

I am supposed to be having a hysterectomy on the 6th jan but im waiting for my biopsy for my tongue and not sure which to dealy the ent said can do the biopsy local but of inconclusiveor cant do it wud have to be general sp cant really be having 2 anathetics  ..the ent did say it didnt look suspiciois and was a cyst then notes said slight assymetry base left tongue so im all confused i also have seen that some people eho have tongue cancer also have earache and i have this on and off 

Im not sure what to do aboit my op everyone saying have the op then do the biopsy when recovered but what if the tongue is more serious even though he did saynit dosnt look suspiculioud what are all your thoughts ,the thought tongue cancer scares me 

  • Heavens.....You haven't mentioned the hysterectomy before. Why are you having that? My thoughts would be if that wasn't to treat cancer I would get the tongue biopsy first. I suppose it's not in the NHS's capability to do both at once.

    As for waiting....all you can do is try to keep busy. It's hard time.

    Dani 

    Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019

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  • More consumed with the tongue the thought of the op caused me lots of stress causing all these symptoms the hysterectomy for hyperplasia so cud wait ,the ent confused me by telling me a cyst and that didnt look suspicious and then on the reposrt putting the aysmetrical on the tongue does that still mean it can be a cyst im so confued and going to be weeks of waiting im trying to destress but its hard as i have autistic son whos going to look after him if i have to have tongue op it looks horrific and heads up to all you having it or had it 

  • Hi mortigger, it seems you are more concerned about your tongue than the hysterectomy, so if that could be postponed then you could have the biopsy done first. Best get in touch with the team doing the hysterectomy.

    Ray.

  • Im not sure to be honest the ent did say it didnt look suspicious but theb you wonder why henis doing the biopsy if it dosnt look syspicioie 

  • He's doing the biopsy, to be 100% what it is. It's a good thing he is being thorough.

    Ray.

    • Would feel slightly confident if he said it dosnt look suspicious as they have to be honest either way dont they 
  • They usually do have a good idea of what they see, however they do have to be sure.

    Ray.

  • Yes i do get that ive never heard of asymetrical tongue 

  • Asymmetrical just means it doesn’t look the same each side. If there is a cyst there that’s why. 

    Dani 

    Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019

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  • The first ent consultant said he thought my tongue was slightly lower on one side. Turned out the tumour was behind the tonsil on that side.