I felt like a million bucks after they removed my rotten wisdom tooth. They gave me a prescription for pain relief, and told me to eat soft or liquid foods. I didn't fill the prescription, and went home and had chex mix.I used to tell the dentist that exact thing. At the dentist, the pain was physical, relatively short-lived and helpful to me. At work the pain was emotional, long-lived and hazardous to my health. The dentist laughed but I was serious.