lol, well, it's a little too late for that now.
In all honesty, my mouth stopped hurting at all 5 days after my surgery, unless I did something strange with my mouth, like chew tough meat, or yawn.
I called my doctor and begged him to let me start practicing earlier, but he refused, he said one week, and I have a check up today.
My upper register still sounds a bit icky, but other than that, I'm fine... and I'm leaving tomorrow morning for band camp, WOO!!
Now all I need is a cure for my incredibly violent hiccoughs.