More whinging and moaning in Diary

I'm pretty sure the cut on my chin is infected. A couple of days ago it started to go red and swell up and now it's huge, hard, red and very painful. I'm also starting to feel a bit sick and woozy. PLUS my top lip has swollen up and is very tender and I don't recall cutting it or anything, also, where my earlobe meets my head, it's starting to split and is also painful. This is all very weird and I'm wondering if it's all related.

So I rang my doctor this morning to make an appointment, figuring some antibiotics should sort me out and the earliest appointment they have is Friday! If it keeps getting worse, I'm not sure I can wait that long. There's a walk in centre a few miles away from my house. It's open until 8pm so I might pop in there after work. I hope they can fit me in before roller derby as, last time I went to a walk in centre, I was waiting about three hours.

The NHS is in a proper shambles right now.

Who would have thought that a simple trip and fall could cause so much bloody aggro?

• Missed roller derby last Wednesday.
  * Couldn't walk Roxy for two days.
  * Turned up to donate blood last night and they wouldn't take it in case it was dirty.
  * Infected chin making me ill.
  * Can't sing properly and we need to get in plenty of practice for Chillifields next Saturday.
  * Knee still hurts to bend as it's scabbed over right where I bend it, which makes getting around very slow and painful.

Here are a couple of gross photos, feel free to skip this bit.

This looks a lot worse and more swollen in real life. You can just about see how it's knocked my mouth to the side with the swelling.

Knee now, since it scabbed over (which took about three days!)

feeling sorry for myself