In the past week or so I've experienced almost the most physically painful thing of my life so far. I say 'almost' because there's one bodily trauma that hurt for longer, greater and deeper than this. One.

I knew it was going to hurt, probably quite a lot. But nothing prepared me for the sheer, blinding, imploding levels of pain that would follow when I sat in the dentist's chair.

Voluntarily, I might add... 

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