Hi all,
I’m a fairly fit 77 year old male who had Robotic Prostatectomy 11 years ago luckily my PSA has remained at zero ever since so no further treatment just 12 monthly checks.
12 months ago I had blood in my urine, antibiotics first to check for UTI. No improvement,
Cystoscopy revealed 3 tumours all small non invasive. TURBT to remove them. All good,
6 weekly sessions of Mitomycin deemed to have failed as ; -
2nd Cystoscopy 6 weeks later to check found 2 more similar tiny tumours. TURBT to remove them. All good.
3rd Cystoscopy 4 weeks later to check found 3 more similar tiny tumours.
TURBT to remove them. All good
This time a 3 month wait for 4th Cystoscopy AND clear !! no tumours disbelief, joy, did I see correctly on the screen? Yes confirmed by consultant and nurse.
So I’ve got 3 months till my next check.
Now for the tough bit, I want to go on holiday I’ve tried all the “specialist “ travel insurance companies who deal with cancer patients ;- £600 for a joint annual travel policy!! More than we’ve paid individually for the hotel.
Advice please who do you use? I’m clear / in remission for 3 months but the policy is for a year. But single holiday policies are even more crazily priced. How does the group cope with this, grin and bear it, wouldn’t consider going without even with the European travel thing. Help !
Hi Tandem and welcome to the group. Great to hear you have an all clear after all you have been through. I can't help with travel insurance but hopefully some of our members may be along to share experiences. In the meantime we have Travel Insurance group which you may like to browse through for ideas. Best wishes,
