No need to apologize. After how Eight ended up during the monster invasion, I had a feeling that you must have had a run in with a medical doctor who didn't understand your biology, so I can't really blame you.

[She herself had hated the sound of respirators for years, thanks to a certain someone in black armor.]

Well I'll be sure to keep some on hand then, just in case.

If I work on learning Force-healing I may be able to help with that; one thing it can do is block out pain when real healing isn't possible. Not sure if doing it for someone else would be easier or harder, though.