Piercing Gone Wrong

So, I did something about a week ago that most people get out of their system when they hit the tender age of 18 (if at all). I got my tongue pierced. The piercing itself wasn't so bad (my tattoo hurt more then that) and I believed that I was healing at a normal rate... man was I wrong. The second day hit and my tongue swole up like I was holding half a grapefruit in my mouth! I started popping Advil and chewing ice chips like crazy, trying to get the swelling down and get my tongue ring to stop pressing in to my tongue. I felt like I needed to get to the hospital because I didn't think that that much swelling was normal. Turns out I may have "jumped the gun" a bit. The swelling was completely normal and the Advil had kicked in by the time I had gotten to the emergency room. The downfall to my piercing is that I haven't been able to eat much of anything aside from soup and mashed potatoes and now I am paying the price for my poor diet over this past week. I am so very nauseous and I feel like I'm about to pass out. In fact I got a little dizzy while taking a shower and almost fainted. I'm going to suck it up though and take my behind to class. I've been missing a lot of class already (life happens) and it's due in large part to not knowing how to do school, work, and take care of my son effectively while continuing to have a social life. I knew one of those three were going to suffer and it looks like school or work is going to have to take the short end of the stick because it definitely won't be my son. I don't think I was very prepared for this tongue piercing thing to effect a whole week of my life so poorly... but I guess that's what I get.