something else to be worried about is the potential of getting cancer in my mouth or throat (from hpv or from carcinogenic air), and while i did have weird lesions fairly often back when i was a smoker, that's entirely gone away since i quit in early 2016. 

i should keep an eye on that, of course.

but, i don't have sores. i don't have bumps. i don't have lesions. it's just some weird shit on the back of my tongue, and some swollen tonsils.