Getting my card was very stressful. I have a blood disorder and due to it I lost my spleen and every little thing makes me sick, there are days I throw up more than 10 times. The pain in my body and head from having such thick blood was excruciating! It's a double whammy on me when the disorder shifted into a type of lukemia and I was in searious pain all the time, I'm talking 10 or more loritabs, some valium, blood thinners and many percocets a day! I went to get my card because my DR said no more pain killers since it was making my liver enlarge. The first time they told me I didn't qualify. I was bummed. My neighbors girlfriend was giggling over how she got her card when she told them she had painful periods. It made me feel so bitter. Luckilly they got all my records squared away and now I have my medical. I wonder why it's so hard for some to obtain theirs and so easy for others?