Ive got a booking next week for what I think will be my 43rd donation.
Finding a vein has been increasingly problematic in recent donations with one appointment being abandoned entirely so fingers crossed. I really want to get to 50.
I'm in a similar situation.
Since
this donation, which convinced me that the right arm was the one to use:
1. In mid October the carer inserted the needle but failed to find a vein in my right arm, summoned someone senior, who summoned someone even more senior (Dennis) who made the decision to abandon the donation before it had really started (which meant I didn't have to wait 3 months which would have been the case if the donation had been abandoned half way through).
2. At the end of October (Halloween, some of the carers had dressed up appropriately) the carer cuffed up both arms during the screening, poked about with his finger and declared the biggest juiciest vein was in my left arm and the donation was successful.
3. And today, Dennis performed the screening bit, and said that failures such as I'd had were more to do with the person inserting the needle rather anything to do with my veins. So the left was tried again. Successfully.
So that's 49.