Greetings. I'm an older guy, Scotland, otherwise fit, but with a long standing lichen planus, then hyperplastic candidiasis, lesion on the side of my tongue. Over Christmas and the New year this started to change rapidly and grew into a cauliflower like mass proud of the tongue.
My consultant says it is cancerous; the growth was biopsied 2 days ago and I get MRI and CT scans this coming week. I am told to prepare for surgery to excise the growth and a part of the tongue, and that decisions around treatment options re possible spread to the nodes will be discussed when they have the scan results.
It feels like I'm drifting in space, the growth is enlarging, I'm on codeine, just swallowing pureed soups, tea and miso. They say humans can adapt to most things over time, and I do accept that things will never be the same again. It feels like a loss. I dread what is coming. Any thoughts readers from people who have been through this? Thanks
Hi Kiff and welcome.
my nearest neighbour at 85 years old is a lifelong lichen planus sufferer and had a cancer resected from her tongue five years ago. She is doing really well. There was no lymph node spread
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
