About to leave for appointment, not freaking out or feeling stupid nervous, nope nope nope, it's all good, it will be fine.
Still have no idea whether it's a good idea to tell the piercer about the unexpected response I had last time.
Leaning towards not saying anything & just going with plausible deniability.
Anyway I might hate it this time, it might be all pain no pleasure, and I'll have subjected the piercer to an awkward conversation for no good reason.