Special consideration for GCSE's?!?!!

I have sat my GCSE's this summer and I am receiving my results tomorrow (yikes!). however I have no idea what to do about my special consideration? about halfway through my exams I fell ill with appendicitis and had to have an operation to remove my burst appendix. I missed 2 exams because of this (Religious studies paper 2 and Additional Biology) I have applied for special consideration as for every exam after my operation I was in a great deal of pain and my concentration was 0. my questions are:

how do I know if I have been granted special consideration?
If I am a few marks off the next grade and my special consideration takes me to the next grade up, how long will it be before I get my updated sheet of results?

please pm me if you know a lot about this!

thanks!