What had caused my lips to suddenly triple in size?
Stretching my arms and yawning, I suddenly became aware of my stinging lip.
Sleepily walking over to the mirror, I gasped in horror at my reflection!
My top lip had tripled in size.
Oh, my God! I thought. What on earth has caused this?
I’d not eaten anything I was allergic to or used new lipstick.
I video-called my mum, Debra, 56.
‘What do I do?’ I asked her.
‘Go to A&E,’ she told me.
My lip stung as I drove to the hospital, where a doctor examined my inflamed pout.
‘It could be linked to some form of STI,’ he said. ‘I suggest a course of antivirals.’
I was relieved it was nothing too serious, but also confused.
Single, I hadn’t had unprotected sex, so I couldn’t have an STI.
Still, I took the prescription.
A week later, my lip was still throbbing and the swelling had started to spread to my cheeks.
Red, cyst-type lumps had started forming.
I went back to A&E.
‘My face is a mess,’ I said.
A doctor examined me, said I had an infection and I’d need surgery to drain away the fluid.
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