My Freaking Face Hurts!

I realize that at one point in time our mouths were big enough that we needed the extra teeth that someone so oddly dubbed Wisdom Teeth. But as our mouths got smaller and we no longer needed those extra teeth, why didn't they go away? I mean aren't we supposed to evolve and lose things we don't need anymore (like excessive body hair, YUCK!) ?? I mean if your mouth doesn't have room for these things why are they still there? And after years and years of people having them removed on purpose wouldn't people start being born sans-Wisdom teeth? I guess they are being born that way...does anyone know? IS there research out there that says children now-a-days have no extra teeth in the back of their heads? I know I have one friend that was born without them...anyone else hear of such a thing?

In case you couldn't tell from my little tirade...I'm having a little trouble with my mouth. I've got a wisdom tooth that has decided to make it's presence known to the world. It's been mostly erupted for over a year now but it only hurts my mouth every so often. The last few days have been horrible! The tooth must be trying to continue it's journey out of my gums and into full view but meeting with a bit of resistance from it's neighbors. Starting on Thursday my cheek and upper Alveolar bone (see picture above) have been in some serious pain, but only on the left side of my mouth. It's made things very difficult since I can't open my mouth all the way up to eat and chewing food is a disastrous feat. I figured it would be a problem for a few days and then move on as usual... I guess I was wrong. Today my lower jaw bone feels swollen all along the left side of my face. Not only am I experiencing immense pain on my left facial side but I'm also experiencing quite a bit of pain in my lymph nodes on the right side of my neck. AWESOME! I'm not even sure if the two problems are related but I know one didn't start until the other had worsened so, it could be purely coincidental but... chances are my head will fall off in a few days.
Truthfully, I know the solution to my problem... it's just that financially I'm not feeling so secure about the process. I need to contact the Oral Surgeon that my dentist gave me a referral for and set up an appointment to have my mouth looked at and be told exactly what kind of price tag I'm looking at here. My insurance that I pay so dearly for (not really it's pretty cheap) covers up to $1250 a year with a $50 deductible. And then according to a co-worker I should look into getting CareCredit, which I would absolutely LOVE to do except I don't have a flash player on my work computer and for some reason when I'm at home I just am not thinking about looking it up. I guess the pain in my face should be a good reminder today. In all reality after doing a bit of research to see what amount my insurance covers I'm feeling an inseyweensy bit more secure about setting up an appointment but I'm not gonna lie...the $$ factor is still making me all kinds of warry. I guess it's time to suck it up and get these bad boys cut out of my mouth once and for all! UGH!