I spent much of yesterday at the dentist. He prepped me last November and I was supposed to return in January for the BIG PROCEDURE, but I came down with the flu, so it's been delayed repeatedly. He'd warned me it'd be rough, but I don't think it was really any worse than the prep. I was in the chair for 2 1/2 hours and that's never easy, but the rest wasn't too bad.
The work was all done on the tongue side of my teeth, and eating is still a big strange, but I guess I'll get used to it.
I'm really glad it's over--and I HOPE it is, ie, no problems over the coming week. I return next week for a cleaning, so I can talk to him then if I need to.