All About My Tongue Piercing-Day 7

It has been over one week since I got my tongue pierced and things are going great. I ended up changing it today since all the swelling as gone down, my piercer said I could change it in a week and a half anyways so only a few days off. I have no more swelling, I can eat everything I could before. I am a bit more cautious but I think I am slightly paranoid. I still care for it the same way with brushing my teeth and gargling with mouthwash. A note on changing it: it was a pain. I could not get the ball off for the life of me, but used gloves and that helped but then putting the new one in and screwing the ball back on was a bit of a task as well only because I have nails and was drooling-a lot. But eating is easier, I no longer have a bar flapping in my mouth. I did have to switch from a 12g to a 14g, well I didn't have to I wanted to because 12g was very hard to find and I wanted something a bit easier. I havn't noticed a real difference in the size at all it isn't real loose and fits perfectly.