So after writhing in pain for several days, I mustered up the testicular fortitude and went to the dentist today. (I'm a pretty big wuss when it comes to several things. Doctors, dentists, librarians, etc.)
Unsurprisingly, among a few other things, I need to get either a root canal, or to just get this damn tooth pulled. Due to insurance issues, they couldn't do much for me today other than prescribe me some Vicodin. At first they were like "lol, you have no dental insurance, you silly goose." But then I was like "Bullshit, my dad has been to this very place and gotten work done without having to drop $4,400 for it."
Turns out they were looking through the wrong carrier. I'll still have to drop a pretty penny on all of this, but now that I've proven that I do have insurance, I can
possibly get out of this for under a thousand. Maybe. It'll be a lot lower if I just say "fuck it" and get the tooth pulled. S'what my dad wants to do, at least.
But hey, at least after this week, I might be able to sleep at night!
What with one of my best friends dying, intense drama among two close friends, me falling insanely behind in some classes, I've been averaging around two, maybe three hours of sleep a night since late September. And once this tooth bullshit started up, the two/three hours dropped to either no sleep at all, or three hours, but in 30 minute intervals because it'd keep waking me up. Hence the vicodin. Haha.
So hopefully, once all this dental stuff is taken care of, I'll be able to get some sleep without the aid of drugs. <3
But shit, man. This stuff only cost me $0.52 a pill. wtf?