Going on holiday during or at end of chemo
Hi doglady210f904d and a very warm welcome to the Macmillan Community but sorry to hear about your diagnosis.
I know from experience having been on my cancer journey for over 25 years with two very rare, hard to treat types of Non Hodgkin’s Lymphomas (one incurable) that navigating this journey can be such a stressful and challenging time but talking with and getting support from people who have walked or are walking the ‘exact same' journey can help a lot.
Especially as each treatment can be ever so different….. I was not allowed to travel during my various treatment and even if I had been told I could I would not have been able to get Travel Insurance.
The Community is actually divided into dedicated Support Groups (Discussion Rooms) so can I recommend that you look to join and put up your own post in our dedicated……..
…….. support group. This group is a safe place to talk to others with a similar diagnosis, treatment experience, to ask questions and get support.
To connect in with the group please click on the link above……. then once the group page opens you will see a [Black - Click to Join - Banner] at the bottom of the page, click in this box and this will then confirm that you have joined the group.
You can then introduce yourself to the group by putting up your very own post by clicking [+ Create new post] or [+] in the top right of the group page.
You can copy and paste the text from this post into your new post.
As for Travel Insurance you may want to check out this ongoing thread…..
Recommended travel insurance 2023-25
…… in our Travel insurance group as it's where the majority of recommendations from other forum members are.
The Macmillan Support Line is open between 8am-8pm (timings may differ across services) 7 days a week on 0808 808 00 00…… this service provides cancer information, practical information, emotional support, benefits/financial/work guidance or just a listening ear.
Talking to people ‘face to face’ can be very helpful so do check to see if you have any Local Macmillan Support in your area, do also check for a local Maggie's Centre as these folks are amazing.
All the very best,
The problem with treatment is we could line up 20 people who have the same diagnosis and on the same treatment and will get 20 different stories but connecting in with the BC group will help you connect with others who have had or are having the exact same treatment…… and pick up on the good news stories.
I had over 750hrs of aggressive chemo over 6 cycles lasting 5 months and honestly I was fine……. all the very best.
