Mumps. bloody mumps

Right ok last monday i was in the shower and i had a blocked ear and when that cleared, my jaw started hurting starting from just below my ear and then my jaw swelled up very quickly. Being a bit stubborn i ignored the advice to go to the doctors straight away and decided to leave it for a bit...that was until i was talking to my mum and told her about the pain and she forced me to visit the health centre. So following my mum's advice i took a visit to the doctor's expecting at the very worst an ear infection which they could give me antibiotics for and everything would be fine. I go at about quarter past 12 as i had a lecture at 1 and i thought i had enough time to fit everything in. That was until i got to the reception and she said i couldnt see a doctor as they were fully booked and i had to sit and wait for the nurse to be free. So i sat and i waited...i was still sat in the waiting room at 12.50 regretting my confidence about my previous time schedule. In the end it didnt matter that i was going to be late for the lecture because once i was finally seen by the nurse and examined she concluded that she suspected i had the mumps. She was not fully confident so she dragged a passing doctor into the treatment room who poked at my swollen sore face constantly for about 2 minutes agreeing with the nurse. Even though he was confident that it was mumps, he still continued to poke the most sensitive bit...bastard. Then the nurse told me the worst news possible...it was not that i would be in a bit of pain...it was not that there was a very small chance that i could be infertile (however that was very high up there)...no the worst news was that i was extremely contagious which meant i had to go into quarentine basically. Quarentine means not being able to see many people which means being extremely bored. I was not wrong in the slightest, i went home for a couple of days as this was "the best place for me" apparently. I do and dont agree with this statement, i agree with it because i was able to go home, relax and not do much for a few days. I disagree because when i am at home during the day there is absolutely nothing to do especially as i was highly contagious and not allowed to leave the house. This was incesantly (i am not overly sure as to the correct spelling of this word) boring and so i returned to infect the general public at the earliest oppurtunity. So if there is a mass epidemic of mumps then i am sorry but i got too bored. So i have returned back to the public domain and i was starting to feel that my condition was receding slightly. I was starting to boast about how easily i had got over the mumps...big mistake! On saturday my face swelled more viciously than ever before and the swelling got worse on the sunday. It was excruciating to eat and swallow and i was not having a very fun time at all. However as quickly as my face swelled up, it shrunk back to normal...ish size again. My jaw has stopped hurting when i eat and swallow as a result of the mumps which is always a good sign however the illness is still in my system so until it is fully clear of my system i will always be on the edge. I will update when i am completely healthy again...hopefully it will be soon...