I am a renewing patient. According to my certified mail receipt, the DoH received my paperwork on September 6th. It is now Oct. 20th and all I have gotten is an email response of how they are understaffed and 5 weeks backlogged. I called someone reliable and got (what I thought) was very dangerous advice to buy from a producer anyway since I am already registered with some and they probably wouldn't even know I was lapsed. I am unwilling to jeopardize my spot in the program to do this. I have now been without for quite some time and my neuropathy wakes me up every night feeling like someone is plugging my leg into a light socket (spinal cord injury). It hurts so bad that I can do nothing but cry and squeeze my knee and beg it to stop. I believe making people wait this long is absolutely cruel. If you are understaffed and you know it....hire more staff. What can I do in the mean time? I have called and left messages and could send out an inquiry but then that would take another few months to even hear from anyone, not to mention add to their mail load which the email proclaims was sixty pieces of mail a day. What can I do?? I don't know anyone who would provide me with any medication like a friend or someone. I'm frustrated every day when it isn't in my mail box. It makes me sad.
CosmicScorpio Reviewed by CosmicScorpio on . Producer Applicants' Lawsuit - Has it hurt or helped the patients? Greetings all In another thread, I was attacked for stating that IMO the lawsuit has harmed the program and thus the patients. One way to prove or disprove this OPINION is to take an unscientific poll.... In 2011...when did you send in your initial or renewal application and when did you receive your card? (please, no debate, just time lines. And if you are still waiting, would like to know that as well) Family member mailed renewal July 22; still waiting @ 09/10/11. Thanks for Rating: 5