Owww, the pain

My mouth hurts. Alot!
I woke up on Wednesday morning with the right side of my mouth aching. Up the back, you know, where those dreaded 'wisdom' teeth dwell. As the pain continued to get worse, I went to the chemist and got some Nurofen Plus. They do the trick in cutting the pain level down to a dull throbbing pain, instead of a distracting one that makes me feel sick.
I have since had a look in my mouth and found that my gums on the offending side are about 5 times as big as they usually are and I am afraid of some kind of infection. Thus, another trip to the chemist provided me with some Strepsils to hopefully cut down any chance of infected mouth stuff.
Food is consumed in the left side of the mouth at the moment.
Why have I not gone to the dentist? You may ask. Well, the thing with dentists is that they cost money, lots of money. Since i am lacking in such stuff at the moment I will have to grin and bear it (like the pun!) for the moment.
For the moment, as long as i keep taking the pain killers I seem to be able to deal. However, if it gets to a 'Pain killers dont work and we will have to amputate your jaw if you dont do something' type scenario, I will attempt to borrow the money from my parents.
See how we go.
Prayers would be good too!
Stu