A Chilliwack, B.C. man who’s been ready 4 years for again surgical procedure is slowly seeing his well being and high quality of life deteriorate.

Glen Millard,76, who has a interest farm, says a lifetime of wear and tear and tear has left him with a number of lacking discs and broken vertebrae.

“It’s getting what I’d name crippling now,” Millard advised CTV News.

Millard, who walks with elbow crutches, says the ache has gotten worse over every of the final 4 years.

“I’m so sluggish getting up and doing what I’m shifting to, attempting to do,” he mentioned.

Millard says he was advised by a specialist that the surgical procedure could be main, with a prolonged restoration.

He knew as soon as the COVID-19 pandemic hit that it will take longer, however he’s now been ready 4 years.

Millard mentioned he’s been advised he’s on a ready record of 15,000 individuals, however says he is been unable to determine the place precisely on that record his identify is

“They said we don’t know,” he mentioned, describing the response he is obtained to his questions.

“Well that doesn’t help,” Millard added.

He additionally says his surgeon was advised physicians have been instructed to not do any procedures that might require longer than an in a single day keep.

CTV News has reached out to the Ministry of Health to ask if that is true, however have but to obtain a response.

Millard’s shut pal, Clara Hooper, even penned a letter to Health Minister Adrian Dix just lately, however says they’ve heard nothing again.

“I’m very dissatisfied within the health-care system,” Hooper mentioned.

“There’s a lot of good people working, there’s a lot of great nurses. But it’s not working for a lot of people,”

Hooper says it’s been powerful to observe her pal battle as his well being declines.

“It’s heartbreaking, it’s actually heartbreaking, realizing that he is having a tough time getting up within the day, realizing that he can hardly transfer and the ache is so unhealthy,” she advised CTV News.

Millard, who battles by way of every day with heavy doses of ache killers, says it may very well be catastrophic if he doesn’t get the operation quickly.

“It will deteriorate so that I won’t be able to move,”