I had my consultation with the oral surgeon yesterday, and it's (sorta) good news. One, he's certain the bump under my tongue is benign. Two, it's a normal thing where my salivary duct/gland got clogged (either from trauma like poking the area with food or something, or dehydration and then subsequent overactivity) and has turned into a bump. The downside? I have to have it removed, or else it will continue to grow and could become a bigger problem. So I have oral surgery scheduled for a couple weeks from now, and it should be easy enough, with just a couple stitches and soft/bland food and ibuprofen for a couple of days. It'll be sent off for biopsy, just in case. So the good news is that it's something easy enough and (hopefully!) benign. No stinking oral cancer for me! The bad news is that I still have to have the floor of my mouth under my tongue sliced up.
I'm still feeling in the midst of a mental breakdown, but I went to happy hour (or HH as the kids call it) today to celebrate a friend's promotion and it was really good. Felt almost normal and not totally sad! So it was a good step. When I get into a slump, there's always a day where I wake up and feel like I've snapped out of it. So I know it'll get better, and that it's coming. I just don't know when. I'm tired of crying and being sad and stressed. But I'll be okay in the end. I always am... I mean, if I can handle surgery to remove (part of) a brain tumor, I can handle anything, right?!
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