Hi fogtyne I'm sorry about your hubbys diagnosis. I have stage 4 bowel cancer and I'm on long term maintenance / palliative chemo I've been on it for a year now and everything has remained stable it's not got any worse or significantly better however I do feel better. I can understand totally why your husband still wants to go on holiday and you probably know too. It may seem trivial but for him it's important. I would discuss the situation with your oncologist there may be a window of opportunity to go before treatment starts sometimes waiting a couple of weeks doesn't make much difference. It also depends on how well he is at the moment . It does become more difficult once you've started chemo especially if you have side effects but not impossible to get away,my oncologist keeps reminding me to let him know if I want a holiday and he can work around it. Obviously if the doctor doesn't think it's safe or he's too poorly then you would have no choice I wouldn't recommend going against medical advice. But there's no harm in asking. You will need to think about holiday insurance too because it can be expensive but it's vital just in case. I believe "insurancewith " do a very good deal. Try and talk it over with him and make a deal depending what the oncologist says at least if he says no it's not down to you . Love Hayley xxx