Ralph's dream

It's the stuff nightmares and horror movies are made of.
I got a nasty shock when I learned that the strange bleeding bumps on my head were not bites or shingles, but live maggots.
I looked for medical help when the unusual lumps appeared on my scalp after a holiday to Belize during the summer.
One doctor thought they might have been caused by a gnat bite. Another believed my problem was shingles.

But then the bumps took on a life of their own and began to move.

A doctor discovered five bot fly larvae living inside my head, near the top of my skull. This was a few weeks after a mosquito had apparently placed them there.
I'd put my hand back there and feel them moving. I thought it was blood coursing through my head. I could hear them. I actually thought I was going crazy.
Bot flies rely on mosquitoes, stable flies, and other insects to carry their eggs to a host.
It was weird and traumatic. I would get this pain that would drop me to my knees.
After the discovery, doctors took them out and placed them on a plate and microwaved them up with some Thai sauce...
I woke up... I think