You don't really appreciate the lack of pain until you've lived with it for a while...

[denny]

I just found some stuff that blows Bonjella away in the 'relieving pain from mouth ulcers' stakes. It's called Orajel, comes with dire health warnings on the packet, and is a seriously effective local anaesthetic. I put the stuff on about 30 seconds ago, and I can no longer feel the bit of my tongue that has had a hole in it for the last few days.

Happy now.