Prelude:
That night, I had scrubbed through a few video downloads... trying to clear some space on my computer. I had grabbed a DVD rip of Gattaca off the network, but hadn't been in the mood to watch it. I skipped near the ending where he's putting on his socks and the woman sees the scars on his legs where they altered his height. I also watched the episode of ST:Voyager called "Critical Care." The scene that jumped out was where the Doc helps a guy whose leg is bleeding after an explosion brings patients into the hospital. They don't know what a hypospray is and, in exhasperation, he tells the patient, "I'm sorry, this may hurt a little" before working on the leg.

In the dream scene, I had the two scars on my legs like the guy on Gattaca, but they were only a day or two old... not completely healed. The Doc and another faceless guy were going to remove the scarring but, in order to do so, would have to reopen the healing wounds. There was nothing around to deaden the pain. I was sitting on a rock or table edge... the image changed a couple times... with my legs dangling over the edge. The unknown guy kneeled down with a scalpel to cut the skin back. I was then lying down and the Doc was holding my hand while he watched the unknown guy. The pain hit and I gripped hard and tried not to move. It really REALLY hurt.

...and I woke up.