its ok to get anxious and worried.
try not to touch it and rinse with saltwater.
should be all better by friday.

Ho sorry to hear. Im not sure if emotional eating is your problem but I went to oa overeaters anonymous and managed to loose weight there. You can google it if u want.

Don't google. It will only freak you out more. I go with the 72 hours rule. If it IS serious, one way or the other you will know in 72 hours. In the meantime, distract yourself with something to get your mind off of it. Sometimes it helps me to play out the what if's to the end. Like what is the worst thing it could be? an infected tooth? so you would need a root canal....but you are not going to die( i say to myself). and then I tell myself that people survive these things every day and I can handle it. ...I don't know if I am saying this well. I kind of follow it through to figure out what about the situation I am really afraid of and then talk to myself about how I am going to handle it.

I don't know if you've seen this, but one of my friends sent it to me and it definitely applies - for harry potter fans anyway. http://www.livememe.com/4ihc8wx

I freak out about medical stuff ALL the time and it's okay to talk with your doctor about that. My doctor gave me some perimeters on when to call her, when to call an ambulance, when not to freak out, etc. I also like what my son told me and it helps me not freak. He told me about Occum's Razor which is a philosophy rule that says, "The simplest theory is usually the right one." So if you've been chomping on thick chips and your gums hurt is it more likely something horrible or more likely that a rouge chip nicked your gums? Probably a rouge chip. And if it's a pain/problem that you've had before, it's most likely the same cause - not something new and awful.

I hope the pain resolves because regardless of the cause, that's just no fun.

Having learned this one the hard way, I will share this. I had to use a toothbrush, toothpick, mouthwash on a q-tip, floss, and then again five minutes later to remove a tiny sliver that had gotten caught in the area. I couldn't see it, but I darn sure could feel it, and the pressure was up into the sinuses which is a huge anxiety marker for me. Best wishes finding the root of the pain. I now massage the whole face when my jaw feels tensed. It seems to help.

Thank you all. As most of you thought it was no big deal. By Thursday evening I had completely forgot about it.

Oh and just to add insult to injury as they say on this topic Sunday night while eating some home made soup with crispy bacon I somehow managed to jam a pice of the back into the side of my mouth. Hurt at the moment but then went away. Sunday slight pain, today however... OUCH.

I'm not too stressed about it because I know I caused it.

Still though!! Come on!!