Thanks for your reply Bryanna! (and thanks for being blunt, thats what I wanted lol)
I have made an appointment with the specialist for April 5th. They are insisting that I get a root canal... I don't know what to do... I don't want to be toothless but I obviously want to get this taken care of. As far as the other tooth that has already had a root canal... the lady I talked to said I will probably have to have it removed. I'm only 29 years old and I'm already getting very short on teeth. I'm going to talk to the specialist personally when I get there and see what he has to say about these infections that won't go away.