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"Can I just consume it orally?"

"No."

"Maybe there's a topical version...some sort of cream?"

"No."

"A suppository?"

"Ms. Allen, it's an **injection**. I've been doing this for 40 years, you'll survive."

It truly wasn't that bad and he was kind enough to give her a lollipop for her troubles.

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I've always wondered how intravenous drug users get comfortable injecting their drug of choice. Needles hurt. But maybe with lots of practice they get really good at it. I once had a nurse draw my blood so painlessly I barely had time to register what she was doing before she was done so I guess it might be like that.

This story's based on the random word "injection".

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