Ok, I'm back in the car. I saw the HCA and the practice nurse, whom I know well and respect.
I have just endured HIDEOUS pain. I'm not particularly foul mouthed generally but heard myself groaning with language that would stop a train.
Theyve lanced, dressed and packed it. I asked about cross contamination, being in isolation, strep and staph, etc, and PN said that she's done a good job with cutting it all out (I do feel more able to move etc) and that the hospital would only do what she's done, and that the thing on my chin is just a spot. She said that once it's calmed down (cos bloody hell it's livid now. Really aggressive!) that they'd have another look and see if there's a cyst thing inside in which case I'd have to have a bit if minor surgery. I'm booked in tomorrow to have my dressing changed and probably with the DNs at the weekend. She said the cocktail of ABs I'm on are doing their job as it's receding from where it was - it's now about 3" wide, whereas when I was feeling rotten, the pink bit was right down my shoulders, a la Denby side plate. I got a bit weepy, and she said "C'mon love it's a boil. It's nasty but just a boil." So I've been for a walk and pulled myself together a bit. I trust her judgement as she does this every day, is a nurse who stays in top of her continuing education, and she's just had a good nose in it.
That's not to say that I dint appreciate and value the opinions of those of you who would take a more conservative approach - please don't think that, but she's a professional and has seen it, (and many more similar,) in real life.
Bloody hell's fire, that hurt. I have a high pain threshold - I've had to self inject stingy stuff every day I'm pregnant, plus 3 kids in 2 years, and that twatted.
I've got a huge dressing on and am suddenly feeling very sorry for myself. 