Lori
My husband just found out he has that. He went to have a tooth pulled & they seen it on his gums. The oral surgeon done a biopsy & it came back carsinoma insitu. (An early stage of cancer) Our 1st step is to have laser surgery then further biopsy's. Have you had a biopsy done to see if this is cancer? To find out more about your diagnosis, just enter oral cancer to search & there are so many sites. This is all new to us as well, we just found out May 4th, 2001. It is very scary no matter what it is called. Good luck!