I just pierced my own lip?

Hey everybody. I just wanted to get some advice on my lip. I pierced it myself, and before everyone tells me I'm retarded: I have done my own piercings before and I used sterile equipment and methods to the best of my ability. My problem is that I had some trouble getting the jewelry in, so I'm afraid I stressed the tissue more than I wouldve liked. And it's been so long since I've been pierced that I can't remember what the recovery period is like. How long did it take for the swelling to go down on some of your piercings? And does anyone have any advice for a fresh piercing other than normal cleaning? If in the next couple of days I find that it's not making much progress healing, I will probably take it out and let it close instead of getting it horribly infected. But I'd like tp keep it. Any helpful advice would be great. No need to tell me it was stupid. I already know that.