Hi
My husband has recurrent gastric adenocarcinoma, widespread metastatic disease (terminal cancer from primary oesophagus cancer at the G junction which he was diagnosed with Nov 2023, apparently successfully treated for, but found out it had spread in Nov 2024 ). In December 2024 he was told he had on average 13-14 months to live with treatment and on average 3-6 months, with rapid determination, without treatment.
He started a chemo regime based on his diagnosis, a CT scan several months later (at the 4 month point) revealed the chemo hadn't worked - so effectively he hadn't had treatment, but was still up and about, albeit in a lot of pain.
After a combination of radiotherapy on a lump in his cheek that had stopped him from being able to open his mouth wide enough to eat (now completely disappeared after radiotherapy), a new chemo regime (paclitaxel) and a prescription of Etoricoxib (anti-inflammatory) that's completely stopped the pain & spasms he was having in his lower back/hip and leg, for the past 8 weeks he's been feeling good.
He's tolerating the new chemo regime well, he's eating normally again, he's walking and driving and we've had a few short breaks away.
We've both always loved our main annual summer holiday away. He's keen to be able to go abroad this month or next - we'd only go as far as Spain. His consultant is supportive of this and has confirmed he'll write a letter to this effect, if any travel insurance company needs one.
Can anyone recommend a travel insurance company that will specifically include terminal diagnosis in the people they're willing to insure?
It gets disheartening repeatedly filling out forms or providing information only to be rejected (including to insurance companies that state they won't insure someone who is terminal with only 6 months or less predicted ...as though they will if the prognosis is longer than 6 months, but rejected due to terminal diagnosis without even asking how long had been given - that was insure for travel health).
Insurance with are phoning us on Tuesday as it came up they needed more information (Albert & Eddie came up with the same and had the exact same telephone appointment dates and times so I didn't book another as I think they're the same company).
Can anyone who has personal experience of having a terminal diagnosis and still managed to get travel insurance let me know who you went through please.
