I had to ask my dad to help me out last winter when I had legal problems involving my ex, lost my tenant suddenly (my ex had been stealing from him), and had to pour a couple grand into renovating the apartment before I could re-rent it. I was working 80 hours a week between 3 jobs, so it wasn't like I could just get a night job to help. I already had 2 of them.
I felt really like a failure since I value my independence above everything else. I've got a lot of pride. Too much, I sometimes think. It has hurt me in the past.

I HATED to do it, but I asked my dad to lend me the money for building supplies.

I'm almost 30 and have owned my own home for 3 years, but when you're single there's very little difference between making bills and not, and luckily my dad recognizes that and didn't look down on me for having to ask.
I was ready to pay him back this summer, and then BAM I got arrested- I'd rather not get into details, sorry- and had to put all that money into legal fees. Again, he understood, and told me he hadn't planned on accepting the money anyway, he'd meant it as a gift all along as long as he saw I was working hard.

Medical bills are rough, man. At least it's not legal to put them against your credit. Take care of the other stuff first.
Sprint is pure evil; I use them too, 8 years, have had nothing but problems from those dickheads.
I hear you when you are talking about having really different values from your parents but at the end of the day you're family, and this experience just reinforces that.