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finding travel insurance- for fun in Portugal

jayne2
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Has anybody any experience of finding travel insurance - I am trying to find insurance which will cover my lung cancer but I  am having difficulty finding an insurer which will do so? I would like to have some fun with my family and all of my health  professionals think we need a well earned break.

 

  • Offline in reply to kimchoson

    Thank you to all responses to my post - it proves how useful this site is as an information resource.

     

  • Offline in reply to jayne2

    Hi everyone, posting on behalf of my wife here.

    She was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in November 2013 which was successfully treated but has since been diagnosed with a secondary breast cancer of the brain in May 2015. She's had the operation to remove the tumour in the last couple of weeks and starts radiotherapy on Monday (29th) for 3 weeks, after which, we're hoping to travel to Spain to recuperate.

    Her insurance post-breast cancer last summer was with a company called All Insure who have already indicated they will not be prepared to provide a new policy given the change in circumstance.

    Can any point us in the right direction of the specialist companies who would be able to provide a quote given the second cancer that my wife has now had in such a short time? Would love it if MIA could quote, but we don;t want to be in a position of having to make lots of phone calls to be knocked back.

    Thanks guys.

    As an aside, my wife and her other cancer buddy who she met during chemo last year have a blog (that i've been updating too) which you can take a look at here ukbreastcancertips.blogspot.co.uk/

  • Offline in reply to foxystoat

    Check out http://www.insurancewith.com/ you can get a quote online without much trouble they guide you through all the relevant questions on the webpage. I have active cancer recent surgery and radiotherapy and got a very reasonable qoute of £30 odd for a trip to France. Your situation may be very different of course. My partner who has active Chrohns disease got a quote which was just one quarter of what she paid two years ago with a regular holiday insurance company. Good luck and have a lovely holiday, it really is good medicine for both of you. (BTW I have no connection with this company)

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    A big thank you for all your advice. I found insurance with Mia Insurance and had a great time with my family. Such times are special and all of the research and planning was worth it. We foung a good hotel with Tivoli hotels and I would recommend it to anyone thinking of going abroad. My only problem was breathlessness walking up hill - but we booked tours to get around the region and enjoyed sightseeing. I was especially breathless ni the long qeues in Gatwick airport passport control- and if going again would take my breakthrough medication - the catlegrid like waiting was physically very demanding. Thank you to everybody for your encouragement.

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