Feeing discouraged, feel like very little progress has been made in almost a year.

Feeing discouraged, feel like very little progress has been made in almost a year. I just want to wear sandals without being embarrassed I'm tempted to ask the podiatrist to just completely pull the nail. I have been using the ariella pen from amazon and tea tree oil I was doing vinegar soaks which seemed to help but then my last two toes started getting fungus so I stopped Thoughts? I'm not a candidate for oral meds