If I were starting from scratch, not in my home town, and likely as a student you don't have much experience with the medical system, and couldn't find an ENT or oral surgeon, then what I would consider doing is going to an Urgent Care Clinic (not emergency room unless there was no urgent care clinic) and ask for a doc to look at it, explaining per Nelie's excellent suggestion that it is fast-growing so they get you right in to see it.

Any doc who sees something of this nature is going to immediately set you on the right course with an ENT or an oral surgeon for appropriate treatment, but as soon as you get away from the specialties, the office staff are usually more concerned with optimizing the Doc's time. If you are having difficulty, this is a good time to let your anxiety show so they will want to deal with you fast.

Depending on your own personality, it might help considerably to have a small notebook to take notes -- I noticed that I was having to ask my ENT several times about simple stuf that should have stuck to my memory like glue.

Please let us know what you do and find out. As you've already discovered, it really helps to talk about it with people who really care.


Pete