Goddamn wisdom teeth...

I didn't have problems with them until I was about 21 or 22, but ever since then, every now and then, one of them gives me hell. Right now, I can't eat, can't drink, can hardly function without pain meds...argh!

What's worse is I can't afford to have them removed, even if I had insurance!

Does anyone else have this problem? Or did? How was it like for you?