I visited the ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) dudes at the RAH and it looks like I have a Squamous Papilloma on my tongue. It is harmless (albeit a bit sore at times) but will be removed by surgery in a few weeks time. It is only day surgery so I will be in at 9am and out by about 1pm. The ‘surgery’ will take approximately 10 minutes but of course there will be some waiting etc.
I probably acquired this thing when my immune system was low soon after leaving hospital.
The recovery from this is very quick apparently, a few days. I can eat the next day so there goes any weight loss I was hoping for (having packed on a few kilos over the last few months).