Hello jennieflea, 

What a shock it must have been to find out that the sciatica you thought you had was linked to a cancerous thyroid. It sounds like the treatment worked its magic and I am so glad you are now cancer free and I hope that the scan in June will confirm this. It's nice that you are making plans to go away - your oncologist is right, there's nothing more relaxing than getting away and treating yourself to a holiday. 

I hope you won't mind but I have slightly edited your title and moved your thread to our Travel related category so that it can be more easily noticed by some of our members - many of them have done their research on travel insurance and will I am sure have good tips for you based on their personal experiences. 

You will also find helpful information on our website on getting travel insurance which I hope will give you some good guidance. Macmillan also have great resources on cancer and buying travel insurance. 

I hope this helps a little and that you will hear from the experiences of others who have been in a similar position before. 

Best of luck finalising all this and once it's all sorted, I hope that you can then look forward to a lovely well-deserved trip away. 

Best wishes, 

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator