Thanks for all the tips, guys. Miraculously, my back feels much better today. It's as if just posting on the LoT cured it.
Re: the advil. Yeah, I don't normally take that much. I took four about 11:30, then at 1am I was laying in bed and my teeth and head and ear and sinus were still killing me, so I went and took another four. It worked. That's a really good point about the water though. I avoid tylenol because of the liver damage, but the kidney thing didn't really occur to me. I normally don't take anything, but lately I've been taking it a lot.
Re: wisdom teeth. Yeah, I'm going to get them fixed. I just haven't gotten around to it. They don't always bother me. Only about one week out of every six. I'm not looking forward to the recovery as strong pain meds are out of the question (as Jade is still nursing).