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Concerned Aunt
April 10th, 2007
hello im 18 years old and ive been using smokeless tobacco for about a year and a half. ive had a hard painless lump in my neck fairly circular and quarter sized under my right ear near my lymph node for a couple months now. im concerned that it is cancer...so i went to my doctor who decided it was from a skin inflammation behind my ear that drained down there causing a lump. im not so sure...can i develop cancer after 1 and 1/2 years of use? what should i do? i dont have pain swallowing and can move my tongue easily dont have bumps in mouth problems breathing headaches etc...
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Akkette
replied April 17th, 2007
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If your worried i would seek a second opinion. Dont tell the second Dr what the 1st Dr said just see if they make the same diagnosis. Better to check than worry yourself.

Good Luck

Natalie
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Richard Day Gore
replied April 21st, 2007
Hi concerned,

I agree with Natalie. And stop usiong tobacco products of any kind. It's foolish, idiotic and dangerous. If you need help stopping, do some volunteer work at a local cancer ward and see people dying horrible deaths--people just like you who started using "harmless" tobacco products. You're brave for posting your fears here. You deserve a long life, man.

Regards,
Richard Day Gore
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Larry D.
replied April 22nd, 2007
Hello,

although I agree with the tobacco part, that it is foolish and so on, you know the song, please remember that people who never smoked or chewed have got cancer. Not all cancers are cause by cigarettes. Actually, most people have the cancer gene. Some develop and some don't. Like you have been suggested, get a second opinion without mention of the first and let us know. It's not because you chew tobacco that you will or won't get cancer. If it is that close to the ear, it could be even an infection in the gland also. Good luck.......


Larry D.
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Binarboy
replied January 6th, 2012
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Hello. I am 15. male. Never Smoked. Not a particularly healthy diet. I Feel i have a lump in my throat. I have difficulty breathing (sceptical of whether or not it is anxiety) and difficulty swallowing. I am extremely concerned about throat cancer and was wondering what i should do. ( i Have been tested for athsma. negative)
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