excisional biopsy

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excisional biopsy

by seejennrun on Wed Oct 28, 2009 02:27 AM

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I hope I can get some information from some of you who may have gone through this before. For a few months now I have had what I thought was an ulcer on the side of my tongue ..toward the back. I was also having some tooth sensitivity in the same area...so the ulcer thing kinda got ignored..I usually take good care of my body but I guess I didn't think much of it. Anyway..went to my dentist who had me go to an ENT immediately. The ENT gave me some paste stuff to see if it was a case of "tongue trama"..he wanted to check this sense I don't fall into the typical demographics for tongue cancer..I am 39 year old female who doesn't smoke and am a social drinker ....went back after 2 weeks and it hasn't improved any. I desribe it as a hole in my tongue. He is going to eo an excisional biopsy. The only thing is I am ready to do this NOW and I got a sheet telling me aspirin products not to take 14 days prior to surgery! They will call me to schedule it tomorrow or the next day but I don't have much patience right now! Anyway..what I actually want to know is if any of you can tell me what to expect from my biopsy. Days of recovery, pain,etc. And please don't sugar coat it..I need to know what to expect. Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks in advance.
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