What can I do to make sure I can go to the gym more consistently?

In my case the gym is an MMA dojo that's only open at certain times, mainly for classes. Before I got a job I was going 4 days a week pretty consistently. However, now there always seems to be a medical problem or a dental problem (this time I need a root canal and 2 crowns, none of which are covered by insurance, and I have to camp out at the dentist's office for a walk in or schedule 6 weeks in advance) or I have to work that evening. Plus I get the feeling borrowing the car is going to get more difficult and I certainly can't afford to buy one of my own. So far I've had 3 evenings this week I could have gone to train and I had to miss all of them either due to the pain in my tooth or the painkillers making me unable to drive.

I didn't say anything at work before because they had been pretty consistently giving me convenient times on weekends (MMA classes are in the morning on weekends and the evening on weekdays.) plus I always have tuesday and thursday off (although I have a college course on thursday.) But now I'll probably have to ask them to try to give me the shifts I want so that I can go train. This could be difficult because they need people who are available all day, if not every day (but usually for only 4 hour shifts.)

No matter what happens it's probably going to take 10 years for me to get good at MMA but I still feel like I'm on a hamster wheel when I can't train consistently. Any other martial arts fapstronauts have a solution?

 

I think you can still get a DUI on a bicycle. Plus I'd have to ride a bike at night on the way back home, when I'm already exhausted enough to try to open a door the wrong way. No bueno.