Ian - I truly hope you op went better than Mrs R2's did last year, it has totally b@llocked her taste buds (by damaging a nerve in her throat) causing foods to taste bitter, sickly or "just plain horrible", this is a rare but apparently not unknown possibility & her chances of recovery are now virtually nil - even the NHS consultants have given up.
Wombat, only kids get ice cream, adults have to endure eating dry toast to stop any scabs forming
, it's a quite serious (& very painful) operation by all accounts & in the event, not one that I'd recommend to an adult but I am somewhat biased.