Experience: a leech lived up my nose for a month
28 June 2024 at 05:00
I recoiled in horror: I could see a thick black body hanging out of my nostril
It was September 2014. IβdΒ justΒ started working front ofΒ house in a fancy hotel inΒ Edinburgh. IΒ spent most ofΒ myΒ shifts with a paper napkin pressed to my nostril, as I hadΒ been getting lots of nosebleeds. IΒ would soon find out why.
A few weeks earlier, Iβd been travelling in Vietnam. I had rented aΒ moped and had the time of my life driving around. I soon crashed but luckily was wearing a helmet, so only got a small bump on my head.
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