Well, I just spent more than half of my stimulus money
and I haven't even received it yet. Late Saturday morning I was eating my favorite breakfast: veggie sausage patty with a buttered biscuit and cup of cinnamon tea. I had nearly finished when I bit down on a portion of the patty that was a bit chewy and CRUNCH! I fractured a tooth, the premolar on the upper left side. Today was my first opportunity to visit my dentist. 2 hours later, and $775 lighter, I feel like I've been kicked in the teeth by a mule. 2 ibuprofen and some whisky and water later, I'm feeling a bit better. Fortunately, the fracture was such that they think I can get by with just a crown, and not a root canal. I now have a temporary crown, some gum damage, and with the applied antibiotics, I am on the way to healing. Sux to be me. 
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But at least you DID get the cash. 💵 💰 💵. It will come when it comes. I could be an optimist and say: It got here just in time (to pay off the credit card). Cest la vie. Thanks for the hug!
positive way to consider things 
And other chewy things! 
And I've been there, did the same thing while eating a rice cake! And my dentist said that nothing works as well for tooth pain as Ibuprofen, she's given me 3 when I left the office.
That and the whisky took away the pain in about 15 minutes. Thanks for the hug!
I've had more than one abscessed tooth (same tooth 3x!) and the pain was unbearable. I now have a "bridge," an extraction and a new permanent tooth which is attached to the tooth next to it. It's worked out well, but boy that pain was the worst!
Yeah, my days of enjoying hard crunchy things are long gone. I just cannot give up white corn tortilla chips. I guess the solution is to drown them in queso and let them get soggy.
I hope that everything heals up quickly, and that something really nice happens to you very soon!
