I had local Novocaine as well and was conscious during the event.
Just took Ibuprofen for the pain, which is just a serious version of Tylenol. Taking them I was fine, without them I could get into a lot of pain for the first day or two.
I was more or less fine from the second day on, very well within a week.
Surgery was a breeze, I’ve had fillings that hurt more. I just put my music on and they were fine with it.