I'm beginning to feel like my body is rebelling against me. .__. It's looking like I need to visit both the dentist and the doctor in the very near future, something which we really don't have extra money to contribute toward. The dental issues are looking to be particularly costly, so I may be posting a few auctions soon to raise some money for it. Here's a summary of what I'm dealing with:


A few months back (beginning of October), I got a nasty sinus infection that pretty much knocked me out for two weeks. After I finally got some antibiotics, I noticed my throat was sore. I often get sore throats after having a cold/flu, so I dismissed this as nothing unusual. But it was a weird soreness -- it almost felt like the back of my tongue was sore, and the areas that were sore would move around to different parts of my throat/tongue. This soreness has come and gone intermittently over the past few months, and now I believe I have a mild form of thrush. -__- It's basically a yeast infection; the antibiotics from the sinus infection could have caused it. It's nothing too serious (considering I didn't even realize I had it until now), but I'll still need to visit the doctor to get medication for it.

Now for the fun part: dental issues! It's been about a year and a half since I last visited a dentist. I'm inclined to blame money issues, but honestly, it's mostly because I'm lazy and I hate going there. >__> In retrospect, I probably fucked myself over. Sometime last spring (around March, I think), one of my front teeth began feeling very sensitive. It hurt quite badly at first, but then the pain mostly went away and now it only aches occasionally when I bump it or something. Recently, the area just above that same tooth (on my gums) has began hurting whenever I touch it -- which, to me, indicates a possible root canal. Even worse, I just noticed what appears to be a blood blister in that same spot above my tooth. I'm not sure what that indicates (possibly an abscess?), but... it can't be good. ALSO, I recently chipped the tooth directly next to that one, and I believe another tooth has a cavity.



Aaand all of this leads to quite a bit of money getting thrown at the dentists/doctors. .__. I have insurance, but it won't cover everything, so the out-of-pocket expenses could get costly. I'm gonna try to schedule a dentist appointment for sometime this week and see what happens.