Hi all,
I am planning to travel to see my extended family back home soon. I was wondering if you put melanoma as pre-existing condition when buying travel insurance. I had stage 1b melanoma and had WLE and SLNB and its all clear atm. Been discharged from the melanoma clinic and will have follow ups every 3months. Do I still need to include the diagnosis, what do you think?
Hi Elmyra
Melanoma is classed as a pre-existing medical condition and you will need to declare it if asked.
Unfortunately it can be more difficult to find reasonably priced travel insurance when you have had a cancer diagnosis so could I suggest that you come and join us over in the travel insurance group where you'll find lots of recommendations for travel insurance.
To join just click on the link I've created and once you've done that look for the thread called 'Recommended Travel Insurance' as it's where the majority of recommendations from other forum members are.
It has been found that it's best to phone the insurance companies rather than try and do online quotes as sometimes they can refer to the underwriters to see if they would cover you when an online quote might just give you a straight refusal.
Make sure you have all the information to hand about your diagnosis and treatment before phoning. This is a list of things an insurer might want to know and some insurers might ask for a letter from your doctor to prove that they have given you permission to travel.
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