Well, if it's any comfort, dental pain in January of 2003 was one of the things that led me, eventually, to this WOL. I had two weeks of serious pain then, couldn't chew anything and was living on a couple of Slim Fast shakes a day. And not able to keep even that down, because of the pain. Tried Vicodin, but I couldn't keep it down long enough for it to help.

I lost a few pounds and got motivated to try Atkins. I know you said you were sick of cold, soft things, but maybe you could try Atkins shakes? Or some other protein shake?

I sure wouldn't want to go what you're going through again, but in the long run, it was sort of a blessings in disguise for me.

Hope you're better soon....

Kay