I was able to get around that one through illusion magic or something I think.

Aside from getting stuck in a bad save / quicksave, the part I was most annoyed by was when you get cured of vampirism, and the facial distortion doesn't go away. Only a cosmetic bug, but at the time it really bothered me.

I need to get a hold of my buddy I lent Skyrim out to so I can play this game again.