I still don’t like needles

“But the mere sight of a needle makes me pass out, I can’t even knit!” — Mrs. Betty Slocombe’s character in the 1977 film “Have You Been Served.” “On a scale of one to ten …,” the nurse began. “Pain? About a one or two,” I responded. “On the stupid scale, about an 87.” “Accidents happen,” she said politely. I nodded. Maintaining a death grip on the kitchen towel hastily wrapped around my…