Note
An interesting 48 hours or so. I started getting some twinges in my left jaw on Saturday but I've had problems with tooth sensitivity so I just ignored it. Then yesterday morning it was more of a steady ache and I took some ibuprofen and was fine. But then last night it got pretty bad and I couldn't sleep. This morning I called my dentist - the office is closed but they are doing some telemedicine and taking emergency patients - and they listened to my symptoms and asked if I could get in right away, they were there taking care of someone else and could see me right then. I raced over there wondering if I was totally over-reacting and would feel foolish when they couldn't find anything wrong. But after a few seconds of poking around and an x-ray to verify things, they drained an abscess in my wisdom tooth root and put me on antibiotics and told me to try and get a follow up with an endodontist as soon as reasonable, not urgent but I would most likely need a root canal and if I wait too long it will just get infected again.
So, glad there was a reason for the pain and that I wasn't just being a wuss but not so happy I need a root canal.
It was surprisingly hard to make the decision that going out for this was ok.