Ectopics and travel insurance

[chestnutty]

I am fortunate in having been signed off by cardiologist after tests showed no problems other than ectopics (ventricular and atrial). Nothing sinister, just(!) a nuisance.

I am now trying to organise travel insurance for a long postponed holiday and the insurance company are still very heavily weighting the premium on the strength of the medication I was prescribed for a while before the tests showed it to be unnecessary.

I also have prolpase problems which are awaiting further investigations - which didn't seem to be of concern. And I am still taking endocrine therapy following successful breast cancer treatment - for which they asked for clarification of cure but were otherwise unconcerned.

Has anyone experience of anything similar? I wasn't expecting the cardiac issues still to be a problem.

TIA

[Aztec632]

I can't help you with your insurance question but just wanted to say what a relief you must feel after getting the good cardio results and that I am very happy for you. Happy holidays 🙂

[meadfoot]

Have you tried All Clear insurance worth a phone call. However medics down play the concern we patients have feeling ectopic beats ongoing beats me. They can feel dreadful I hate them and suffer from them ongoing. If they had them at the level we arrhythmia patients can they wouldnt be so dismissive.

[chestnutty in reply to meadfoot]

Thanks - will do

[Aztec632]

Can I just ask what your cardiologist said about the tachycardia episides please?

[chestnutty in reply to Aztec632]

Do you mean in relation to possible POTS? He dismissed POTS and suggested the symptoms I ascribed to it were best addressed by CBT. In effect he implied stop worrying about it! To be fair, having accepted the test results and that I only have ectopics rather than anything sinister I am getting much better at ignoring the ectopics (though I can't help but notice them!) and the tachy/ POTS has also improved. He also warned me that the ectopics would continue and I would continue to get bad patches when they were worse.

[Aztec632 in reply to chestnutty]

Thanks. Yes, I get bad days of ectopics and fast heart rate and a few are better days. Acceptance is one thing but putting g up with the sensations is another!

[Hanibil]

Try Avanti all ways found them better than the rest.

[chestnutty in reply to Hanibil]

thanks - will do

[Happyrosie]

the BHF has info about travel insurance on their website.

[Lowerfield_no_more]

Try this for travel insurance

healthunlocked.com/bhf/post....

In short we are all different, and it pay to shop around.

[chestnutty]

Thanks for all the suggestions - much appreciated. Time to hit the internet now and follow up on all the suggestions