Man...much sympathy over here. I went years w/ no insurance during school (and growing up poor). Finally had the dough for the co-pay something like 4-5 years after finishing school. By then, my lowers had fused to my jawbone. They cut notches out there, and I had dry sockets from what seemed like about three minutes after coming out of the surgery.
Medication for the dry sockets made me sick. They put me on Percoset for the pain...that just kept me up at night. Took about a week just to get the right meds and for the dry sockets, just clove oil.
Friggin' barbaric. My condolences. But yeah...nice timing, busa. Just like a cop...never around when you need one, then when you don't....