Can you fly with metastatic lung cancer?

Hi.

On Friday we had the devastating news that my stepdad has metastatic lung cancer and his outlook isn't good. It's already spread to his lymph nodes and brain. It came as a complete shock as he wasn't unwell and has always been really fit and healthy. He's only upset as we're all supposed to be going on holiday to Zante in two weeks. His consultant (lung) has advised him not to go, but this has upset him more than anything as he's been really looking forward to it. The information online is mixed, so I told my mum to maybe get a second opinion from a brain cancer specialist. This is probably going to be his last holiday. Has anyone else had anything similar happen to them or could advise us? Many thanks.  

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  • I forgot to say you also need to check medical facilites close to Zante. I had an awful telling off from a doctor once after some UK travel which was a bit off the beaten track (visiting a close relative). Apparently, we should not have gone so far away from a hospital. A medical emergency arose and it was a close shave. I would never want to be in that situation again! It was Boxing Day, everyone except me was too drunk to drive and a nebuliser had to be obtained. Somehow we got to a remote GP surgery – the doctor had to open up specially – and got the necessary equipment, but really needed to get to a hospital. However, we didn't have the means to travel there. I remember driving all the following day in tears and the enormous relief I felt once we were back close to a hospital and the patient's own GP. I learnt the hard way, I guess. 

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  • I forgot to say you also need to check medical facilites close to Zante. I had an awful telling off from a doctor once after some UK travel which was a bit off the beaten track (visiting a close relative). Apparently, we should not have gone so far away from a hospital. A medical emergency arose and it was a close shave. I would never want to be in that situation again! It was Boxing Day, everyone except me was too drunk to drive and a nebuliser had to be obtained. Somehow we got to a remote GP surgery – the doctor had to open up specially – and got the necessary equipment, but really needed to get to a hospital. However, we didn't have the means to travel there. I remember driving all the following day in tears and the enormous relief I felt once we were back close to a hospital and the patient's own GP. I learnt the hard way, I guess. 

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