Well I've tried and tried.... CANNOT get insurance . Today I've tried Free spirt and MIA . Not interested. Looks like I'll have to take my E111 card and credit card in case I'm ill. Feeling very anxious about the whole thing. It's so are enough going with stage 4 ...let alone uninsured. Any suggestions??
Thank you xxxxx
Try insurewith worked for me, good luck
Yep tried Insure With.. No luck. Is it because I'm stage 4 . I'm sure I've seen other ladies insured stage 4. My Chemo finishes June 2nd we go away 17rh July !
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I am stage 4b. I got 2 weeks worldwide insurance to Mexico for me and my daughter.
I was just about 6 months post chemo and NED but still on maintenance Avastin ,Tamoxifen and venlafaxine. it cost me just over £160.
E111 only covers emergency treatment. it wont pay for your travel, accommodation and other expenses that you may incur.
Try these people at payingtoomuch.com they were recommended to me by an 80 year old who was in really poor health having had an aneurysm and was on daily blood thinners, and got a really good deal.
LA xx
I got insured with Insurewith Three others refused me as I'm still having avastin.
I got insurance for two weeks in Cuba in July for £114. Try them. They're really good. Xx
they are very good just have to read carefully what they send as they can be sneaky and exclude some conditions 
Insure with turned me down as was due my 5th chemo ..and 6th due 2nd June and they said it's not long enough gap! x
so it's nothing to do with stage 4 most of us get same treatment anyway for front line.
I'd probably agree with insurance co that 5-6 weeks after last chemo it's still is under high risk and side effects....
just read in your other post that you are Terminal since 2015?
I don't think anyone will insure you with this diagnosis to be honest. even if you don't tell them, they will find out and will void your insurance.... I'm really lost what could be done then.
Thing is told I was Terminal.... But he also said all stage 4 Ovarian Cancer is terminal. There is no cure just maintained. My new oncologist says he doesn't ever give a time . Gutted ...x
Terminal is such a harsh word - palliative is what I say -. Can't cure but managing symptoms as well as I, my meds, palliative nurse and oncologist can. (Etc etc)
'Terminal' to me, means my last few weeks or days of life when I am showing all the symptoms of end of life.
Can you postpone your holiday to have a longer gap after chemo? That's probably all that's needed...
Take care
Clare xx
We could cancel but we are going with family and I soo want to go as probably my last.... sorry morbid.... Oncologist happy for me to go. I'm really well doing everything I always did . I'm lucky. See if I can find insurance after chemo finishes in early June. Yes terminal nasty word. Don't like palliative either lol xx
what a lot of rubbish.
terminal is you have 12 months or less to live. stage 4 you can live 80 year with or without treatment.
I'm thinking you can get the insurance once the chemo finishes. It's perhaps holding you covered for cancellation that's causing the problem.
Can you find someone to insure you, excluding the cancer? That might be an option?
I used Insurance With when I went on my end of chemo holiday last year - they would only quote me once I was 3 weeks out from the end of chemo. It was only £40 for the week. I was stage 3 at diagnosis.
Have you tried Eurotunnel? Others have recommended in the past....
If your oncologist is happy, I'd persevere with the dispiriting phone calls.
And about January's point about cancellation cover... The policies I've had from MIA have not included cancellation for anything cancer related.
They take account, as I understand it, of the state of the health services in the destination country and I think they are not too keen on Greece, except perhaps mainland and Crete. So perhaps it's this rather than you that's the problem for them.....
Good luck!
Hi, just got back from Norway 2 days ago and managed to get travel insurance with via Insurance with. I'm staged3c , finished my chemo last March but still on maintenance avastin.. It cost £54 for a week and £300 excess, I thought they will not insure me as I'm still on avastin.. I didn't need it but you just want a relax holiday just in case.. I hope you get insurance soon.. Good luck.. Xxxx
I think I cannot get insurance as I still have 1 more chemo on 2nd June but fly on 17th July I think they think it's too soon to insure me. It's a dilemma. Will go without insurance and take a loaded credit card in case. OR not go. Another thing that is bothering me I never got a scan whilst having chemo. They promised me one last week still not got one so no idea how chemo has worked. I've asked twice and nothing happens....xxx
If I were you and you want to go that much just take a credit card and go! I've just come back from Spain with the girls with nothing and going away with hubby in June for 9 days with just normal insurance. You're not far from home in Greece so can always fly back if you have to. I'm sure you'll be fine.... just do it! X
Hi. Yes that's what we are going to do. Oncologist said I can go. I want to go. My family want me to go. Just make sure my next chemo on 2nd goes ok . We booked the holiday before all the chemo so maybe we shouldve waited but we can always cancel. You me it's not the be all. X
I went away during my treatment to Costa Rica without travel insurance. And planning another trip to Paris. Should I get it?
Remember that it's an EHIC card now, not an E111. Apply now if you haven't got one. Check the expiry date if you do have one, as I think they have to be renewed after a set number of years. Might be 5 years, can't remember for certain!
Then relax and enjoy your holiday.
All the best,
Barbara
You do need to have travel insurance.
Cancer may not be our only problem. You could be involved in a road accident or have a stroke. And not be able to travel back. My father had two of them, abroad. We'd have been bankrupt if he hadn't been insured. Air ambulances are not cheap.
If you get your travel insurance as soon as you book your holiday, any unforeseens will be covered.
Health related matters are the leading cause of bankruptcy in the US......
Yes so true X
Absolutely agree with Mac on this one! Medical repatriation is thousands and thousands of pounds. An EHIC only covers you to a certain extent, but it certainly isn't 'free' medical care in your host country. When my daughter was transferred by ambulance in the middle of the night, I was presented with a bill for €700 at the destination hospital and I only had the clothes on my back! Travel insurance covered it for me (plus the emergency hotel costs, an daily allowance for incidentals, flights home etc etc).
Below are Companies that provide cover for those with Cancer.
⬅Age UK Travel Insurance
Tel 0800 085 3741 (Mon–Fri, 8am–8pm, Sat, 9am–5pm)
Offers travel insurance to people of any age who have or have had cancer. Assesses individual situations.
⬅AllClear Insurance Services
Tel 0845 250 5350
Email info@allcleartravel.co.uk
Provides travel insurance for people with pre-existing medical conditions, including cancer. Circumstances can be assessed for a quote by telephoning the helpline or visiting the website. There’s no upper age limit.
⬅Eurotunnel Insurance
Tel 08443 353535
eurotunnel.com/uk/traveller...
Provides travel insurance to a host of preexisting medical conditions including cancer. The key factor here is that they like confirmation that you doctor says you are fit to travel.
You don’t need to be travelling on the Eurotunnel to get their insurance.
⬅Freedom Insurance
Tel 01223 446 914
Specialises in travel insurance for people with pre-existing conditions. Medical screening is undertaken and premiums are quoted in one phone call. They won’t insure anyone with a terminal diagnosis.
⬅Good to go Insurance
Tel 0844 3340160
goodtogoinsurance.com/medic...
Goodtogoinsurance.com
specialises in providing single trip cancer travel insurance and annual cancer travel insurance to people who are travelling with cancer, or recently recovered from cancer, including breast cancer, lung cancer, leukaemia or any other type of cancer. They can also cover your travelling companions on the same travel insurance policy.
⬅Insurancewith
Tel 0845 230 7159
Email insurancewith@infinityinsurance.co.uk
Created by someone who was diagnosed with cancer. Specialises in covering people with primary and stable secondary cancers. Offers worldwide cover, including the USA.
⬅InsureCancer (Medi TravelCover Limited)
Tel 01252 780 190
Email enquiries@insurecancer.com
Specialises in providing travel insurance for people affected by cancer.
⬅Insurepink
Tel 0800 022 3213 (Mon–Fri, 8am–8pm, Sat, 9am–5pm)
Specialises in providing insurance for women with breast cancer.
⬅It’s So Easy Travel Insurance
Tel 0844 357 1315
Can provide travel insurance for people with pre-existing medical conditions, including cancer. Assesses individual situations.
⬅J.D. Travel Insurance Consultants
Tel 0844 247 4749
Arranges travel insurance for people with all kinds of cancer. Deals with each application on an individual basis, assessing both your medical conditions and the trip(s) you wish to take. There is no upper age limit on single trip(s), and an age limit of 85 for annual trip(s).
⬅Medici Travel
Tel 0845 880 0168
Email customer.services@medicitravel.com
Offers travel insurance for people with pre-existing medical conditions, including cancer. Won’t cover secondary cancer. Assesses individual situations.
⬅Orbis Insurance Services
Tel 01424 215 315
01424 215 315
Can provide travel insurance for people with pre-existing medical conditions who find it difficult to obtain insurance elsewhere. Assesses individual situations.
⬅Travel Insured (part of Manor Insurance)
Tel 0800 027 6171
Specialises in arranging travel cover for older travellers and people with pre-existing medical conditions. Will cover people up to the age of 79, depending on the circumstances. General, single trip cover is also available for people up to the age of 120. Will consider cover for terminal conditions, subject to screening.
⬅World First
Tel 0845 90 80 161 (Mon–Fri, 8.30am–6pm, Sat, 9am–4pm)
Email info@world-first.co.uk
Provides insurance for people in the UK with pre-existing medical conditions. Does not cover cancer that has spread to other parts of the body or is terminal. Cover is dependent on a medical screening.
Travel Insurance designed for the over 50s | Age UK
Age UK offers travel insurance for the over 50s, as well as travel insurance with medical conditions. There is no upper age limit.
AGEUK.ORG.UK
I've used Mia but won't insure till 6 weeks before. You could use e111 and take out insurance for everything except cancer if you can't get it so at least if anything else happens your covered. Do you have a letter from doctor saying fit to travel.
Hi Ricky,
I remembered a post from the PennyBrohn HU community which mentions a travel insurance company called Alpha Travel really positively. I hadn't heard it mentioned elsewhere & don't have direct experience but it might be worth investigating... Here's a link to the post, the poster mentions she was taking oral chemo at the time....
healthunlocked.com/pennybro...
Best wishes, Sx
Open Travel Insurance do an over 50's annual worldwide travel insurance policy especially for members of the Women's Institute. There is no medical declaration and it costs £ 185. They do couple and family ones for about £275. After Insurewith quoted me £1800 I bit off their hand!
Hi. Try Eurotunnel found them most helpful and reasonable. Good luck
Hi, I got Europe annual insurance with Boots .
Please don't give up with trying for the travel insurance. There seems to be no rhyme of reason to who will cover us and what they charged. I was off to the Caribbean 3c and just 3 weeks post chemo, mets all over peritoneal cavity but Ned. Some wouldn't cover me including insurewith, others quoted two thousand pounds and eventual world first insurance under ninety but with four hundred pounds excess.
Good deal with boots travel insurance single trip.try it 😀
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