2nd checkup with the dentist

Today was Day No. 17 with this annoying malady. I described to the dentist that it no longer felt like I was carrying a golf ball in my mouth; rather, it felt like three or four marbles. Couple that with the oddity of feeling like the tip of my tongue was on fire, or a crackling sensation, which the dentist likened to the nerves regenerating. Still problems with speech that prevent me from adequately pronouncing any word with a "s" or a "th" sound to it.