If you're like me, the amount of asprin/advil/etc that I would need to take to mask the pain would kill my stomach.
Yeah, I thought about stopping at a gas station for some tylenol or something. But I figured that wouldn't work too well and just upset the ol' guts.

If you can take Celebrex and it helps, do it! You wouldn't tell somebody with diabetes to not take their insulin & tough it out, right?
Good point.