Anne Vermeyden was counting down the days until her surgery.
Vermeyden, 34, has been living for years with chronic pain from a herniated disc. After trying physiotherapy to relieve the problem, a date was set for a microdiscectomy to fix the bulging spinal disc in February.
But when the Kitchener, Ont., woman called the hospital to confirm what she needed to do to prepare for the procedure, she learned it had been postponed — with no new date in sight.
“It’s really frustrating,” said Vermeyden.
“I do feel like my life is in limbo, or purgatory.”
Vermeyden is far from the only one enduring long
