Ms.Moon

Oral Cancer Fears

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My health anxiety is not willing to give me a break.  I have a fluid filled lump that comes and goes on the inside of my lower lip.  I pack the spot with salt and it usually goes away, I have had it come and go occasionally but now I notice it happening more now.  What set me off now with the oral cancer fear is there are two tiny spots they are flat, one is a little yellow the other is fading already but whitish on the gums on either side of the tooth almost opposite that spot.  I did pack on the salt in that area last night then flossed in that area and might have bruised the gums but I hate that anxiety does this whispers of cancer arose in my mind.  My colon cancer fears have receded and now this is trying to take its place.  I don’t know if my allergies cause the lump on my lower lip I couldn’t eat cherries they made my throat itch but now I can and I have been eating a lot of them.  The last time I had this happen (the fluid filled lump) I had been eating cherries as well.  I do need to go get my teeth cleaned so I can make an appointment at my dentist but with my health anxiety I actually am scared to go to the doctor.  I am going to keep an eye on things, pack the lump up with salt and try to go see my dentist.  I didn’t listen to sense and stayed away from Dr. Google and I did Google images of oral cancer and while what’s going on in my mouth isn’t what I am seeing oral cancer looks like it doesn’t mean that I am still not worried about it.  

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Cancer does not come and go, so it is unlikely that it is cancer. My tongue once had a small weird looking spot on it and when I showed my doctor, he told me it was nothing to be worried about. 

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46 minutes ago, MARC said:

Cancer does not come and go, so it is unlikely that it is cancer. My tongue once had a small weird looking spot on it and when I showed my doctor, he told me it was nothing to be worried about. 

Thank you.  I hate these spirals of anxiety.  I was doing so well then I run right into it again.

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Asking your dentist about it at a routine visit is fine, IMO. I agree it sounds benign, but we all know it isn't that straightforward when you're deep in the throes of anxiety. I hope you can find some relief soon, and I hope the dentist can alleviate your fears.

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Sounds like the sort of thing that would be easy to show the doc. I guarantee he'll tell you it's nothing to worry about - like Marc said, cancer doesn't come and go. 

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