Glad to hear your L side is improving. I don't blame you wanting to wait for 'professional help' - I can hardly remove my own wood splinters!
The morning feed is going okay, thanks for asking. I have found that if I sing to him, he'll stay latched longer. I put him to the weak side first, sing, and then switch him to the stronger side and let him gulp it down and be "all done!". Most days I can get him to stay with me for a good 15 minutes. Once in awhile it's more like 3 minutes and occasionally, he'll tuck in for 30. I am trying to memorize it all as I know that it's unlikely we'll go on this way for many months. It "feels" like goodbye, but very, very gentle.
I admitted to my DH last night that I am grieving the end of DS's babyhood. For a long time, I nursed and tucked him in every night. With that feed gone now, DH is mostly doing stories and tucking in. I miss the warm snugglies of a sleepy, dreamy baby nestled in my arms. Tonight though, DH is at a meeting so I did bedtime on my own -- it was lovely to rock my little guy in his darkened bedroom while I sang a quiet song (the routine that DH and I agreed on when I first dropped the feed - works great!). We still put him down awake but I got a small fix of that dozy, fresh 'n clean from the bath, snuggly boy. AHHHHH!