Okay, ma'am, but you talk about even for yourself.... I know that you don't go to the doctor unless you absolutely have to. It's the “suck it up, buttercup” thing, which men go through too. Then they have trouble getting it through to VAC that this incredible back pain they have is related to their service; they've just applied for that care—it's been five years—and they're now being called on again to go and get professional feedback.
We're now just coming out of COVID and they can't get an appointment for two more years. This is unacceptable.