Hi, have not been on here for a while but just wanted to ask if anyone has or can recommend how to get travel insurance while on cancer treatment? My husband is wanting to take me on a short cruise for my 60th birthday this year but I believe it is near impossible to get travel insurance or where to even look as even if it was possible the cost is astronomical. I had a diagnosis of endometrial cancer stage 1a, grade 2 in April 2018 followed by hysterectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy and then a CT scan in March 2019 showed the cancer had spread to my abdomen and neck and I was given one year prognosis.
I have since started a clinical trial and so far am doing well and the nodes have reduced in size to within the normal range however I am still on the trial even though I am feeling well at the moment and have had no side effects from the trial drug. The fact is that the trial doctor will not say that my prognosis is changed or that I am in remission yet they can’t see any evidence of cancer. All of this means that for insurance purposes, I am still being given treatment for cancer but until now would not have considered going abroad since diagnosis. It seems sad to think that with what I have been and got through in the last 2 years, I am being penalised again for having cancer and also depriving my husband of a well deserved holiday. I have not been able to return to work so have lost my income and money is very tight so do not want to have to pay extortionate insurance premiums. Any advice would be most welcome. Thank you x
