ooh, the last one i had was just after coming back from holiday - it was huge and nasty - and the redness spread from my armpit half way to my elbow - it swelled up nasty bad like you explained, relieved some pressure, then left it for 48 hours before deciding if it needed seeing to - it's now pretty much gone so it's obviously heeling itself
Oh that sounds awful. I'm glad its almost gone.

I too like to wait things out, i hate seeing doctors.. especially something like this. I have really bad BO and i know ill gas the poor doctor LOL