The tattoo is on my back, and my artist jumps around a lot, so the area that was covered was from my mid back up to my shoulders. That’s what made me think that there was something wrong with me and not just the location – because the location varied a lot.

I was wondering if it was possible that I wasn’t completely healed from the previous session? Once on the 10th and again on the 21st?

I was tired, and a little sick, and hadn’t eaten much – that’s all true. Could just generally “not having a good day” make the pain THAT much worse though? I mean, I was literally talking myself through every minute – and usually I don’t have to start doing that until 45 or 60 minutes in. Usually there’s painful spots and “ok” spots. There were almost no “ok” spots. It was just…. bad.