Go for it?? It took me 18 months to get mine. However, a lot does depend on who gets to do your application.
I was fighting away with one person. I had to phone this person with some information. He was away on holidays and someone else pick up the phone. Says she: "I'm not at my desk at the moment and I'll have to go and get your file. I'll phone you back in 15 minutes.2
true to her word, she did and said: "You should have a medical card". I had one the following day.
She had the exact same info as the original person dealing with the application, but one refuses me and the other gets it within 24 hours.
Happily, I am now back on medication - hence the rambling and typos!!!