Panic from the Needle Part

My history of fear and loathing of hypodermic needles.

Photo by KaLisa Veer on Unsplash

Recently I visited the dentist and marveled about the comfort of today’s hypodermic needles. I was having a couple of cavities filled on the outer edges of my top front teeth. I figured the relevant gummy tissue that would endure impaling had to be located beneath my top lip — where I imagined a Milky Way constellation of nerve…