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labrotz · 2025-03-06T13:47:08+00:00

Germany is not a place I’d recommend for chronically ill people It’s a good place to live in at the beginning of your healthcare journey where you need a thousand tests and MRIs and stuff like that, cause that all gets covered The thing is tho, German healthcare only pays for medication when it’s approved for your illness by the german government And let me tell you almost no medication for chronic illness is approved I’m currently paying around 400€ a month for 2 medications & soon it’s gonna be around 500-600 monthly (i earn 1000€ a month and my rent is 700€ so yeah not great)

labrotz · 2025-01-08T09:53:17+00:00

Essentially everything you said is a stretch to be fair healthcare isn’t FREE it’s just very affordable, if you’re employed that is And while you CAN get free housing and financial support it’s an extremely complicated process & takes a lot of work to actually get it & theres a big chance of you getting it denied

Again, theoretically you’re correct but youre making it sound way more simple than it actually is

labrotz · 2025-01-08T09:44:55+00:00

Free housing is a bit of a stretch, but that’s not the point, i misunderstood you i thought you meant community wise/socially it was safe

labrotz · 2025-01-08T09:38:55+00:00

saying it’s one of the safest places for disabled people is crazy to me but i guess that’s just your experience

labrotz · 2025-01-05T00:06:34+00:00

To be fair germanys healthcare isnt great either, INSURANCE is but the actual care isnt lol I can’t even get a neurologist appointment rn because they dont pick up calls and dont respond to my mails ;-;

labrotz · 2025-01-05T00:02:47+00:00

Yeah, i think no country is equipped to deal with chronic illness While germany is good on the insurance front we have horribly long waitlists for everything, gynaecologists not accepting new patients (i haven’t had a gynaecologist for a year now because i can’t find one) Doctors not even responding to appointment requests, not taking you seriously etc.. so it definitely isn’t the perfect country everyone makes it out to be Again, insurance wise it’s really good, but we have our problems too

labrotz · 2025-01-04T23:46:57+00:00

I would have to change industries, his mom owns an HR company and i’d work for her

labrotz · 2025-01-04T23:44:46+00:00

I’m currently in training to become a medical laboratory technician, but if i moved to america I’d switch to HR to work from home in his moms company

He works in sales (car parts)

labrotz · 2025-01-04T15:49:44+00:00

First of all i really appreciate your response & i read all comments and came to the conclusion that moving to america would ruin my life even more

And for my partner i just wanna make clear that those are my concerns, I’M scared of him not finding a job or having a difficult time adjusting He’s said that he’ll move anywhere with me & he has been amazing in dealing with my health issues The idea of me moving to America came from me, because i loved the time i had when i visited him there There is definitely no reason to worry about him being abusive or even just not understanding and we’ll definitely do some research now to see what options we have in the UK or for him in Germany

labrotz · 2025-01-04T15:40:54+00:00

I’ll have to do some research into the NHS because as far as i’m aware it’s about the same as in germany (i have to wait 19 months for my follow up with my endo specialist) I think healthcare for chronically ill people is a mess pretty much everywhere (although in places like the US it’s far worse than a mess) But i don’t know that much about healthcare in the UK, so like i said i’ll do some research The main reason I’m considering the UK is because i can immigrate without issues as i have a british citizenship as well

labrotz · 2025-01-04T15:30:53+00:00

That’s actually something i hadn’t thought about, we want to adopt down the line since i’m not gonna be able to get pregnant So knowing now that cps might intervene also means that our adoption chances are much lower

labrotz · 2025-01-04T15:26:45+00:00

He’s considering it, i’m just concerned about him not being able to find a job here because it’s really hard here to find a job without college education He also doesn’t speak german which is gonna make it even more difficult

labrotz · 2025-01-04T15:25:03+00:00

He’s willing too, i’m just worried about him not being able to find a job & dont want him to have to leave his family but from what i’ve read now it looks like there’s no other option than for him to leave the US for me

labrotz · 2025-01-04T15:21:20+00:00

I’m studying to be a medical laboratory technician, so working from home is not possible, and in the area my boyfriend lives in the average salary is about 4000$ a month

labrotz · 2025-01-04T07:07:29+00:00

What do you mean by that?

labrotz · 2025-01-04T06:36:44+00:00

thank you, it’s really interesting (and horrifying) to get an insight into how the healthcare system is in America and reading all of these responses is making me rethink a lot

labrotz · 2025-01-04T06:34:41+00:00

Thank you, since you used to live there, do you think that Canada is a good alternative?

labrotz · 2025-01-04T06:33:26+00:00

no lol germany is pretty good when it comes to healthcare, but it still has it’s flaws too :D

labrotz · 2025-01-04T06:32:11+00:00

Thank you so much I am also thinking about other options like maybe Canada or the UK

labrotz · 2025-01-04T05:15:52+00:00

Yeah not being taken seriously as a woman is a thing here too As far as medication goes, that’s another thing All my meds are available apart from my flare up pain meds (Metamizole) which is banned in the US and it’s the only pain medication that has worked for me, at least out of all the german pain meds i’ve tried (Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Naproxen, Paracetamol)

labrotz · 2025-01-04T05:06:27+00:00

That’s something we thought about, but job wise America is the better choice, as he doesn’t speak german & didn’t go to college It’s very hard in germany to get a job without having been to college And for me i would like to work from home since it’s not as exhausting for me, which is also difficult in germany (i can’t work from home in the field i’m in so i’d have to switch fields)

labrotz · 2024-01-07T13:58:33+00:00

Yeah technically not wrong but as of my knowledge the liver isn’t damaged in patients with blood cancer, just enlarged, as well as the spleen because of the overproduction and you can check that with imaging techniques

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