Holiday after treatment finishes?

Hi Tingy,

we booked a holiday for 2 weeks at Port Macquarie two weeks before I was diagnosed. It was shear fluke that it fell between chemo and radiotherapy. I had to take things easy and it took us longer to drive there and back, as I couldn't travel too far in one day, but it was a wonderful, relaxing and gave me something to look forward to. My 2nd last herceptin was on my 50th birthday so as part of the celebration of that as well as the end of treatment (6 months chemo, 33 radiotherapy and 12 months of 3 weekly herceptin) we booked a week away in Airlie Beach. Again, I took things relatively easy, had sleeps when I needed them and made sure that I had rest time planned in. They were both truly wonderful holidays, gave me something to look forward to and gave both my husband and I some downtime so that we could digest what we had been going through. I would highly recommend going somewhere in Australia so that you have medical support if required and it is easier to get home if you need to. Plus you may have trouble getting travel insurance if you are going overseas. Good luck with whatever you decide to do. Karen xox