Re: Oral cancer fear
Originally Posted by
itiswhatitis
I have posted about this fear before, but it's giving me a hard time right now so I needed to at least get my fear out.
A few months ago I got a large ulcer on my lower lip (inside) and it stayed for maybe about 2 months. I've been getting work from my dentist over months also so he did check it. He's refered me to the maxillofacial clinic who will inspect it further but he said he wasn't personally worried. Also it's gonna take a few months for me to get that appointment.
I got some fillings on my lower teeth and within that week, the ulcer went down to the point where I can't feel it anymore, that was a few weeks ago. I started obsessively checking again the last few days and noticed I still have a mark there where it was? Looks like an ulcer a little bit still, but flat I guess. It often feels "stingy" but I don't know if it's because I'm always obsessing about it.
Also, on the other side of my lip, I noticed while I was checking three very small red dots. They're not raised but they're making me nervous.
Any reasurrance while I wait for the maxillofacial appointment?
Have you been evaluated for oral lichen planus? I too thought that I had oral cancer and it turned out to be oral lichen planus. Especially that oral lichen planus can sometimes be linked to bad fillings and such. And it can come and go, grow big and then grow small, and repeat. Although two dentists saw you, I want to hope that they would have recognized lichen planus. To be fair though, they also would have recognized cancer. So if they aren't sure that's not the bad sign necessarily.
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Since it went down right after the new fillings were done, this could be a simple gingival irritation from previous fillings or crowns or whatever you had.
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