Hi everyone,
I’ve recently been diagnosed with incurable lung cancer which has spread to my adrenal gland. My prognosis is long months, short years. I have had palliative radiotherapy and am starting chemotherapy on Thursday and have 8; 21 day cycles booked.
i have a European river cruise booked for one week in September so need travel insurance.
Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations of companies who would insure me and my husband please?
Hi, there is companies that will insure you as long as your prognosis is over 6 months on the day you return from holiday. At least that's what I was told when I tried. Unfortunately as my wife had less than that we couldn't get insurance. Sorry but I can't remember the names of the companies that I spoke to.
Good luck. You will find someone to cover you
Thanks for your reply. I hope you’ve managed to go on holiday somewhere since.
From what you've described I think you might struggle with mainstream travel insurers although it's worth a try with one or two.
You might try albert&eddie (odd name, I know) which is an online comparison site and is part of the same group as Insurancewith and Holidaysafe. These will cover some incurable conditions and, as Kendo57 suggests, they do ask if your prognosis is more or less than 6 months.
Failing that, there is a company called Globelink which has a different approach in providing cover and completely excludes specified conditions such as cancer. If you still can't find cover this might be worth taking a look, but carefully read their terms and conditions to decide if it fits your needs or not.
Insurance aside, don't forget your GHIC for emergency healthcare in the EU etc..
I do hope you can get something reasonable arranged for your cruise.
Derek.
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