In Dreams: Science Fiction Thriller

The damage done was irreversible, the surgeons had said, as she listened in bleak disbelief. She didn't really doubt them. She'd felt every blow, every slice of the knife, after all. It had felt permanent in the dreams, and she had no reason to doubt that it was permanent. Some part of her had clung to the hope that because it had been in the dream chamber, it would not last in the outside world. Instead, the reverse was true, the experts all agreed. It could not be corrected outside of the dreams. So she would need to go back into the dream chamber to have it fixed. Not a problem, right? Most adults chose to--

Inspiration: Not sure, but I mistyped 'dreams'--meant to say something like at the time, and then decided that 'dreams' made it more interesting.
Story Potential: High. Maybe. Maybe medium-high.
Finished Length: ? I should really get rid of this part of the notes as it is so rarely useful.
Notes: Yeah, so she's all traumatized and stuff and doesn't want to enter the dream world, which has all kinds of ramifications for the society that she lives in, and then somebody else is actually killed, and well, yeah. Ok, so it's novel-length.