WTF!! nah man just not cool - surely you can go without for one week, pop a couple of Ibuprofen extra strength and jumped back into bed.
Yes, put a tampon in (easier than a pad as a pad might get wet from mud) and take a painkiller that is non-drowsy e.g ibuprofen
Yes, put in a tampon..or wear a pad. Tylenol, motrin, ibprofuin... Any NSAID that will help with pain.
In all my years on the internet this has got to be the weirdest damn question I've seen here. Just wanted to get it out there.