immobilised by two pins

And I yelled - even before he inserted a needle into an acupuncture point near my ankle.

My knees felt weak and my legs didn't feel like mine. I stayed still, at the mercy of two tiny pins, while recalling an earlier conversation with the doctor.

"Will it hurt?"

"No, it doesn't. You'll only scream, that's all."

Now, consider that a prophecy came true.