Well a week from this past Friday, I had the procedure done. As far as the actual procedure itself, painless. Small pinches from the needle but that was it. Took all of a half hour. I was instructed to take 2 Advil, every 4 hours for 2 days. To help with any pain I might have but more importantly to keep the swelling down. I was also told I needed a crown and to not chew on that tooth until I had the crown done.
The first 2 days were fine. If I accidentally chewed on it, It hurt pretty good but not horrible. However, I figured after 2 days I would be mostly 100%. I was wrong. My first impression is that the dentist hit the nerve directly with the needle. Because I had pain from my jaw hinge all the way down. The area was also EXTREMELY sensitive to cold. As in any thing colder than luke warm sent an instant sharp pain up my jaw. I took advil as needed and tried to keep food and drink away from it.
I ended up calling my endodontist 2 days later to make sure everything was fine. Since I was in Florida on vacation, I didn't want to wait and end up making things worse for myself. He assured me that the pain chewing was still normal. The cold thing however must have been another tooth next too it. He said it wasn't possible for that tooth to hurt like that since there isn't a root anymore. Made sense to me.
Finally yesterday, things seemed much better. Maybe it's the cold I've developed so I didn't pay as much attention. However I tested things out today and chewing is all but pain free and the cold sensitivity is GONE So weird.
So all things considered I guess it went very well. I have another reg. dentist appt this week and I guess then they will decide when to put the crown on.
Thanks for all the responses and support everyone. It definetly put my mind at ease going in.
OH! As I was coming out from the procedure there was this woman sitting there with a friend. I walked out and she looked at me with this deer in the headlights face and said "Are you ok????" I just kind of smiled and said "Yeah, I'm fine. What are you having done?" She was having the same procedure done but she was scared to death! So much so that she brought her bible along! I think I put her mind at ease a little because she seemed to relax a bit when she saw how nonchalant I was about it. But that woman, was damn scared!