Hi to you all I’m new to this group I was wondering if any of you good people could help I am planning on going to Florida next June & was wanting to get travel insurance but not sure where to start would be grateful for any help. Was diagnosed with Myeloma September 2020 have had a SCT & so far am doing well.
Hi Mildred and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
A trip to Florida sounds fantastic but, unfortunately, it can be more difficult to get travel insurance when you've been diagnosed with cancer.
As the online community is divided up into different support groups I'm going to recommend that you join us over in the travel insurance group which is a great place to look for recommendations. Once you've joined look for the thread called 'recommended travel insurance' as that's where you'll find the majority of recommendations all in one place.
To join the group just click on the link I've created and if you have any difficulty navigating the community just drop me a reply and I'll be pleased to help.
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Hi Mildred and a second welcome from me, I am Mike and I help out around our various Blood Cancer groups but more specifically our dedicated Stem cell transplant group.
I have had two Allo (donor) SCTs so do understand the challenges that the unique journey a SCT brings and one is being able to get affordable Travel Insurance or even any Travel Insurance in the early days.
I had a lot of post SCT problems so it took me to be two years in full metabolic remission to be able to get a quote that was affordable…… but it took me 12 months to get into that remission so it actually was 3 years before I got a quote. I have never tried to get insurance for the USA……but European was very affordable. Going to the USA needs to have very good cover as post SCT issues can appear years down the line.
You may want to join the SCT group and put up your post to gauge the groups experience.
We also have an old rambling thread Life after a SCT - A Survivor's Guide where we have collected our post SCT experiences.
My journey was rather complicated, hit my community name to see my story.
