# Rotten lousy oral cancer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2005, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-lousy-oral-cancer/313118 "2005-07-19T08:54:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-lousy-oral-cancer/313118/81 "2005-08-15T22:40:48Z")
That’s awesome news! My best wishes to you and Marcie, **LouisB**. Thank you for scaring Mr. brown away from cigars. He had developed a three-cigar-a-day habit and kept telling me that cigars weren’t dangerous “because I don’t inhale them”, but we all know that cigar smoking can bring about cancer of the mouth and tongue. I told him about this thread and he quit. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-lousy-oral-cancer/313118/82 "2005-08-15T22:54:36Z")
Wonderful news, indeed! I’m so happy you posted this here to let us know! ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-lousy-oral-cancer/313118/83 "2005-08-15T22:58:24Z")
Hurray!!! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-lousy-oral-cancer/313118/84 "2005-08-16T00:10:08Z")
excellent news!!! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-lousy-oral-cancer/313118/85 "2005-08-16T00:39:07Z")
> [@teela brown](#): > > That’s awesome news! My best wishes to you and Marcie, **LouisB**. > > Thank you for scaring Mr. brown away from cigars. He had developed a three-cigar-a-day habit and kept telling me that cigars weren’t dangerous “because I don’t inhale them”, but we all know that cigar smoking can bring about cancer of the mouth and tongue. I told him about this thread and he quit. I hope he continues to avoid the habit—I’m glad to have been able to illustrate the danger. From what I was told, smokeless tobacco and cigars are pretty well tied as being the most responsible for oral cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-lousy-oral-cancer/313118/86 "2005-08-16T01:16:26Z")
First: Hurray!!! Secondly, out of pure morbid curiousity, what part of the tongue got chopped? Top side? Bottom side or like a hole punch on the side of a paper. Can you still taste all the flavors? And lastly, will whistling now be a messier affair? What was your favorite ice cream during this recovery time? Were your nurses cute? Thank you for your prompt attention in these Burning Questions! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-lousy-oral-cancer/313118/87 "2005-08-16T01:41:52Z")
Excellent news! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-lousy-oral-cancer/313118/88 "2005-08-16T03:12:15Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I saw the ENT surgeon this afternoon and got the best news possible. The chunk he removed has clearly defined borders; the edges of the chunk are cancer free. So, I don’t have to endure any further surgery at this time, and that concern is put to rest. The pain of the surgery is almost completely gone and I am starting to get my appetite back. > … Great news! So that means no radiation is needed right? Even though you’re appetite is coming back, I’m sure you will still have to force yourself to eat more ice cream for a little while longer. Right? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-lousy-oral-cancer/313118/89 "2005-08-16T08:12:07Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > First: Hurray!!! > > Secondly, out of pure morbid curiousity, what part of the tongue got chopped? Top side? Bottom side or like a hole punch on the side of a paper. Can you still taste all the flavors? And lastly, will whistling now be a messier affair? What was your favorite ice cream during this recovery time? Were your nurses cute? > > Thank you for your prompt attention in these Burning Questions! The cut was on the bottom side of the tongue; a rough circle, about the size of a quarter, with a depth of approximately half the thickness of the tongue. As for as I can tell, taste is not effected. I haven’t been able to whistle since the first surgery, nearly twenty-five years ago. Vanilla is the only ice cream for me, although an occasional _tres leches con mango_ isn’t to be despised. My darling Marcie was my only nurse and she is way cute. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-lousy-oral-cancer/313118/90 "2005-08-16T08:14:32Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > Great news! So that means no radiation is needed right? > > Even though you’re appetite is coming back, I’m sure you will still have to force yourself to eat more ice cream for a little while longer. Right? No radiation is required, thank God. At this very moment, I am chomping a Steakburger and washing it down with a Vanilla Shake----I’ve been doing that a lot for the last several days. ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-lousy-oral-cancer/313118/91 "2005-08-16T09:08:51Z")
Yea! Congrats! -Tcat [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotten-lousy-oral-cancer/313118.md?page=4)