Elephant Man!

Yep, this is what happens when you get some weird infected in-grown hair in your nose that gets out of hand!

Felt a little sore in my nose on Sunday but didn't think anything of it, even though I had a bit of a fat lip. Was a bit strange when I woke up on Monday with a slight fever, but thought I'd push on and go to work anyway. My upper lip hurt a bit more than it did the day before. Went and saw the pharmacist and they said wait and see how it goes as these things usually sort themselves out. Barely lasted the rest of the day at work.

When I woke up Tuesday morning, this is what I looked like, so it was off to the hospital as fast as I could!

Waited around for 2 hours to see 2 nurses that sent me home with a prescription for antibiotics. Have been at home the last couple of days in a lot of pain, dosed up on painkillers. Neither of the nurses would tell me what was actually wrong with me - just that I had an infection in my face - so I'm going back tomorrow morning to find out exactly what's going on...

Till then, the Elephant Man lives on!

UPDATE: Went back to A&E, waited 2 hours. Saw GP. Got referral to dental hospital. Called up dental hospital, got told they don't take appointments. Would have to queue up from 6am. Found local private dentist. Went for consultation and x-ray. Prognosis: ABSCESS!

I've finally been knocked down by one of those dreaded abscess things, or as my brother Adrian likes to called them, "Abyss". Looks like I'm for one of those equally dreaded root canal jobs. Can't wait! Stay tuned for that little episode...

I hate this Guy!

Thanks to this fool and his foiled attempt to blow up the English Houses of Parliament in 1605, I now have to endure a constant barrage of fireworks going off all around me.

It's Bonfire Night here in London, the night the people of Great Britain celebrate Guy Fawkes's attempt to blow up Parliament, now called the "Gunpowder Plot", by letting off an endless number of fireworks anywhere and everywhere they can. You can read all about it here.

Sounds fun, doesn't it? I think it's only fun if you join in. Might have to try it next year. Sitting here being kept awake by the fireworks ain't much fun at all... Meh! :-)

Smallgeezers

You may think they are called "Maltesers", but you are wrong. According to the English folk that I work with, they are called "Smallgeezers".

I find this extremely funny, so thought I might share it with everyone.

And no, I haven't lost the plot.

(Yet).