Travel insurance
Hi to all reading this..... I have stage 4 and want to do as much traveling as possible while im well and stable. Can anyone give me advice re insurance while traveling overseas. (New Zealand, Hong...
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Hi Claire,
In the 6+yrs since my MBC diagnosis, we've taken three overseas holidays of 3-4weeks duration. The first to the UK, Belgium and France (the first two countries have reciprocal health care agreements) while I was still on weekly Taxol & Herceptin, but stable. The second was to the US (we had a family wedding which I stubbornly refused to miss and we took our daughters, aged 6 & 4 at the time) - I didn't have health insurance for MBC, but I was only on 3 weekly Herceptin at the time and I had no evidence of active disease in my liver, brain & lung and my bones were stable. Last year we went to Denmark, Sweden, Norway & Iceland - I was also on 3 wkly Herceptin and stable after radiation to a new growth 6 months earlier. Sweden & Norway have reciprocal health agreements too.
So far I have been very lucky not to have any health issues while I was away (I'm usually hospitalised once a year for cellulitis due to lymphoedema in my arm & breast). I've never actually investigated health insurance as I'd heard it wasn't available when under treatment, which is always given we're Stage IV! I'm sorry, I've not investigated that properly though, so please don't take my word for it!
I honestly had a fabulous time on each of these holidays, despite the financial & health risks and I wouldn't change it - but acknowledge that's easy to say when nothing went wrong. I wish you all the best with your holiday planning!!
Cheers,
Keely
In the 6+yrs since my MBC diagnosis, we've taken three overseas holidays of 3-4weeks duration. The first to the UK, Belgium and France (the first two countries have reciprocal health care agreements) while I was still on weekly Taxol & Herceptin, but stable. The second was to the US (we had a family wedding which I stubbornly refused to miss and we took our daughters, aged 6 & 4 at the time) - I didn't have health insurance for MBC, but I was only on 3 weekly Herceptin at the time and I had no evidence of active disease in my liver, brain & lung and my bones were stable. Last year we went to Denmark, Sweden, Norway & Iceland - I was also on 3 wkly Herceptin and stable after radiation to a new growth 6 months earlier. Sweden & Norway have reciprocal health agreements too.
So far I have been very lucky not to have any health issues while I was away (I'm usually hospitalised once a year for cellulitis due to lymphoedema in my arm & breast). I've never actually investigated health insurance as I'd heard it wasn't available when under treatment, which is always given we're Stage IV! I'm sorry, I've not investigated that properly though, so please don't take my word for it!
I honestly had a fabulous time on each of these holidays, despite the financial & health risks and I wouldn't change it - but acknowledge that's easy to say when nothing went wrong. I wish you all the best with your holiday planning!!
Cheers,
Keely