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Quick question,  I have a MRT scan next month but no information on what to wear apart from no metal, deodorant, Talc. Will t-shirt and leggings be OK? Its a 3 hour drive away so I don't want to get it wrong. Trying to find out from the hospital is proving to be problematic. Thank you

Found an appointment in Bremen for June and we are trying another place just an hour away. The trick seems to be to name specific towns

There is a shortage of appointments and I had to accept anywhere in niedersaschen. The next available appointment locally is in September.  We are further north than bremen.  I was really shocked to be honest at the lack of appointments. This is meant to be an emergency. 

I hope not, we have to drive for 3 hours to get there if we are there longer than 2 hours we risk getting stuck in traffic making our return trip anything from 6 hours

I'm not worried about it but as we are having to travel so far I don't want to be wearing anything incorrect.  I'll wear leggings and t shirt. It's my spine that they are looking at. It's a bit annoying that I have to travel for 3 hours for a 20 minute appointment and then another 3 hours to get home, but apparently I'm very lucky to get this appointment.  It seems that the health service is in a state right now. Just not sure how my back is going to stand up to a total of 6 hours in a car!

Trying to talk to them has got us no where so far. We found a steuerberater who pointed out some of their faults. He will look at their calculations on Tuesday.  I was just trying to find a bit of info so I could sleep tonight. 

We've been given a hefty tax bill of several thousand and told we have a month to pay,.  We don't have this money. We have yet to get this demand to the steuerberater but can someone enlighten to me to their threat. If we do not pay in a month they will empty our bank account until it is paid. They will also take my husbands small German pension.  How are we meant to pay mortgage,  insurances,  utilities,  food etc. I don't want to go into details about our finances but we do support our daughter with cancer and her children in uk plus a son in uni here. Our home is almost mortgage free. A lot of stuff that the tax office have come up with has been incorrect eg saying we had dual citizenship, which we don't. 

Yes its 5 years but they have got it into their heads that because he worked as military here that he has been avoiding taxes. All we get is " we do not understand". They have all the information about where tax was paid, the SOFA agreement, it has not been accepted. As miitary who chose to stay and move to other parts of the country where miitary were not present, this is now becoming a problem

Hi, a serious issue has come up, i don´t know where to find help so no wise cracks please. My son is attending Berlin university and shares a small flat with another student. Rooms are really hard to find and the frat house is full. My sons flat mate is a narcassistic bully and my son´s mental health is being seriously affected. The flat mate comes from a very wealthy family whereas my son earns his money. My son was in the flat before the other student.  Bullying includes bursting into my sons room, constantly having a go, kicking doors down, throwing tantrums when he can´t get his own way.  At the moment my son is taking refuge in the gym, with friends, anywhere but at his home. He is doing his masters degree and needs to study. He also needs to sleep without having his flat mate burst into his room. The flat mate spends most of his time playing computer games and constantly failing exams etc. Daddy pays all. My son was warned that this lad acts like a spoilt brat but gave him a chance because that is the way i brought him up.  Question. Is there anywhere my son can get any help? My son has tried talking to him and recieved verbal abuse. Writing a short letter but the flat mate replied that he was the victim because he was tired etc. My fear is that the next kick won´t be a door but my sons head,      

My son is leaving his rooms. His furniture is coming to our house and he hopes to get a room at another frat house until he starts his semester in Spain, end of august. The lad is a total nightmare and daddy does nothing. Daddy is something big at the university but not sure what. I think he piles money into the place. No one wants to take over my sons rooms because the bully has a reputation of being a total nightmare. University is not supporting my son. When the bullies, daddy comes after my son for rent money we will step in. If the room in the other frat house doesn´t work out then my son will need to leave his master course for the next semester but also looking at transferring to Hannover. Of course this is not acceptable but as they say money talks. If my son wedges the door shut the other lad will bang on the door for hours. I didn´t realise that this has been going on for months, my son has only just talked about it because he can not deal with this any more. He´s walking away before he loses his temper and hits the lad, which is probably just what he needs. I hope Daddy is proud of his little darling  

Someone needs to tell the German tax office. At the moment they are demanding my husbands pay slips from military time and then UKBC. specific years are last year in military and UKBC time 2014-2016. They Believe that because he was serving in Germany he should be paying german tax. Not only that, they have  started criminal proceedings even before they asked for the information. Pension has always been declared. Total nightmare.. Now we must pay for a tax solicitor even though the tax office have admitted that they have not asked for the information and that they can see everything has been declared.

It seems that this lads father is very wealthy and is an old student of the university and has been though this problem with his son before. Any help my son has been asking for is falling on deaf ears. I think that the lad has issues maybe due to his constantly playing video games. I also believe that he sees my son passing when he is failing. Studies hard and passes, plays games all day and night and fails. Its not rocket science. My son refuses help financially ( i do slip cash into his account now and then). The other lad has what he wants paid for. Money doesn´t buy everything i guess

He sometimes does, but the bully will burst into his room while he is sleeping, he will demand that my son leaves the bathroom because he wants to go. He demands that my son leaves the kitchen because he wants to cook. My son pays for a room in an apartment, everything should be shared. Luckily he has secured a place at a spanish university for a semester which will be from september, so we are desperately looking for a room  until then. Sadly there are hundreds of students chasing each room. The ones that stay available are incredibly expensive. Ive been quite shocked at the prices of some of the rooms

I have told my son to write down every incident and record what he can. At the moment he is trying to study for exams. He desperately needs to get out. We are looking at WG gesucht and sent over 100 requests,  usually they are gone in minutes. Even with putting his rent limit to his max he still can't find anywhere.  He's spoken to people but it seems nothing can be done apart from moving out. it seems that there is a huge queue for room rents. He can go up to 600, more with my help Any help to find my son a room appreciated

I have told my son to write down every incident and record what he can. At the moment he is trying to study for exams. He desperately needs to get out. We are looking at WG gesucht and sent over 100 requests,  usually they are gone in minutes. Even with putting his rent limit to his max he still can't find anywhere.  He's spoken to people but it seems nothing can be done apart from moving out. it seems that there is a huge queue for room rents. He can go up to 600, more with my help Any help to find my son a room appreciated

I have told my son to write down every incident and record what he can. At the moment he is trying to study for exams. He desperately needs to get out. We are looking at WG gesucht and sent over 100 requests,  usually they are gone in minutes. Even with putting his rent limit to his max he still can't find anywhere.  He's spoken to people but it seems nothing can be done apart from moving out. I didn't realise that the lads daddy owns the flat.  Any help to find my son a room appreciated

We have found out that daddy's little darling was in this situation before my son lived with him. The other flat mate left without subletting his room because of bullying and daddy had to sort out the mess. My son has exams soon but he will just leave ASAP.  He already knows that no one wants his room. My son will then have a chat with the father. We just need to find an affordable room. 

Does anyone know where we can find affordable student accommodation, mid term

My son is flat hunting as we speak. He can easily sublet but the bully has a well known reputation.  My lad isn't given to violence but if he's pushed too far he will land a punch. The bully likes to poke my son while ranting. I seriously question his mental capacity.  I suspect that he's addicted to video games and can no longer relate to real life. Or he's just a spoilt brat

If I could get hold of daddy I'd have a lot more to say. I have asked my son why his bully doesn't live at home because his parents are fairly local. I suspect that they want their son to grow up and my son gave him a chance.  ive told my son to keep notes about every incident, which are now daily and to record his outbursts.  I suspect that this lad is purposely pushing until breaking point. I know what the result will be and I know that the bully will end up being the victim. I'm trying to avoid this

Ive suggested maybe a student councellor. I know there is one for guidance with studies and this lads behaviour is affecting my sons studies. my son is reluctant to go moaning to someone. In fact it taken several months before he admitted to me that he has a problem that he can´t handle Apparently the father is very pleasant. However telling a child, NO, now and then is a good thing. Thank you for advice, I´ll suggest a student board. We are hoping that my son gets to do another semester in Spain. It will give him a break  

After a car accident a few years and months of physio last year i was finally able to sleep without pain and walk without a stick. i have permanent injuries to shoulder, spine, neck and hip. Age slows recovery This week I had my mammogram and pap smear. The  Mammogram is normal procedure, my arm is placed one way and neck twisted another. The pain is pretty bad but i get through it. I´m back on pain killers but it needed to be done. Today was the pap smear and i explain my mobility issues and ask to use the bench rather than the chair, as i did last time. NO. It was a new doctor and a new set up. so i get into the chair but i can not get my legs into the rests so the doctor puts them in and then pushes each leg down for the correct position. They won´t go so she pushes harder. The pain is excrutiating but she decides to do a sonar exam while pushing my legs down. After 15 minutes of having my leg forced into a certain position my muscles go into spasm and i can barely stand. I certainly couldn´t get dressed again apart from managing to get my knickers back on.  I have to leave with just a long shirt and my coat. Now i am left struggling to walk, back on the strong pain killers and in need of physio. However the frauenartz had decided i must go through this again in 6 months, which is about how long physio takes to get me mobile again. They also wanted to do a second mammogram and another colonoscopy, the last one being 2 months ago. These are little extras i must pay for. She is also talking  laparotomy. Time to talk to my hausartz I think. However the frauenartz were not too happy to send the results to my hausartz! I shall be glad when i am too old to go through all of this!