Hmmm well this isn't what I expected to find on PT this morning But oh well I gess my secret's out. In my defence.. I do have full dental coverage, so that's not a worry. And Myself and the two friends that were with me DID shop around for about an hour or so before picking a piercing place to make sure that we weren't going to get stuck with some adrenaline happy hack-job with a 14 guage needle I personally really like it my tongue was about twice it's normal size for a few days, but today it's gone down to only a bit swollen on the bottom and around the top ball. I can even eat fairly normally and talk pretty well now. Though my "S's" do sound a little funny. and I can't quite make the "ch" sound yet I've wanted this for ages and am so pleased that I finally did it. I finally feel like i'm an adult! Oh, and Boomer has already discovered that there's is something shiny in my mouth He has a habit of trying to stick his nose in my mouth after I have eaten anything and the other day when he went to do this he tried to stick a paw in there as well to see what the shiny object was Anywho, the person who did the piercing was very ncie and the place was VERY sanitary. The guy spoke english very well albeit it was a tad bit broken at times. I have to follow up with the piercer weekend after next to make sure that it's healing properly and to have a shorter, more dentally friendly bar put in. Thanks Mom for revealing my tongue to the world so yeah, I'm a bit surprised to see this mentioned on PT, but I'm proud of it, so I don't care too much