Originally Posted by
DaveyT 
Pain as you say can grind anyone down, man or woman, severe pain over time does terrible things to a person. I hate to be so melodramatic but it's essentially torture. We may not have the acute cut through the skin, but constant and continual pain is the same.
I haven't gone through that but I agree with you, from experience. There was a point maybe ten years ago that I was in a very bad spot, had lost my job and blown through all my savings. Then I got a very badly infected tooth, and the pain was...exquisite, to put it mildly. Again, it probably can't compare to what you're dealing with but honestly if I had to deal with a permanent toothache I'd have all my teeth pulled or commit suicide, the pain is so intense. Just dealing with that for a few weeks altered my personality for awhile.