Hope the transfusions help...sending healing vibes!
I actually donated for the first time last month...my work has a blood drive a few times a year and not sure what prompted me to finally do it...but I did
I've always been a tough draw...so it's not particularly pleasant. I had a nurse tell me once that my veins are deep and they roll...so if they get one to hold onto it. Otherwise they stab me multiple times and the vein just does a flip flop and collapses.