Travel insurance

DustyBlues

Looking for recommendations of travel insurers for childcancer patients please. 

Planning on booking a holiday to go to Italy or France six months after treatment finishes i.e. in a year’s time.

Any tips gratefully received. 

Thanks

Sterlingtimes

DustyBlues said:

Looking for recommendations of travel insurers for child leukaemia patients please. 

Planning on booking a holiday to go to Italy or France six months after treatment finishes i.e. in a year’s time.

Any tips gratefully received. 

Thanks

Much depends upon the type of leukaemia and the expected result of the treatment. I can see that people with chronic myeloid leukaemia do appear to be able to obtain cover even if in a few cases the leukaemia is excluded from the insurance. I know that Leukaemia Care is helpful in providing general guidance. There is a Leukaemia Care message board on Facebook.

Sterlingtimes

DustyBlues said:

Looking for recommendations of travel insurers for child leukaemia patients please. 

Planning on booking a holiday to go to Italy or France six months after treatment finishes i.e. in a year’s time.

Any tips gratefully received. 

Thanks

In this quarter's Leukaemia Matters magazine, there is a lady called Sophie Wheldon who can help with travel advice.

Contact advocacy@leukaemiacare.org.uk or message her via WhatsApp on 07500068065.

DustyBlues

Sterlingtimes - many thanks 

Sterlingtimes

DustyBlues said:

Sterlingtimes - many thanks for your suggestions. Much appreciated.

Type is Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. 90% success rate given age at diagnosis 🤞

With leukaemia myself, I am very focused on these matters. I frequently read about ALL and know that the success rate in children is very good. Treatments are advancing quickly. Do you expect your child to be off-medication when you expect to travel? I would have thought that you will not have difficulty with travel insurance in these circumstances but it is well worth contacting the expert at Leukaemia Care.

P.S. Sophy Wheldon (above) reports that she was diagnosed with ALL and received chemotherapy, a stem cell transplant and CAR-T therapy. She is in remission. 

DustyBlues

The 27-month long chemotherapy treatment finishes in December this year. Hopefully that will result in remission without resorting to stem cell or CAR-T therapy. We would only go on holiday abroad if in remission. So there won’t be any medication at that point, just regular blood tests over a five year follow up period. Thank you so much for your guidance and comments. I will definitely contact Leukaemia Care on Monday.

Sterlingtimes

DustyBlues said:

The 27-month long chemotherapy treatment finishes in December this year. Hopefully that will result in remission without resorting to stem cell or CAR-T therapy. We would only go on holiday abroad if in remission. So there won’t be any medication at that point, just regular blood tests over a five year follow up period. Thank you so much for your guidance and comments. I will definitely contact Leukaemia Care on Monday.

It will be a mercy if the chemotherapy alone results in remission and without the need for medication. In these circumstances, I cannot think insurance would be denied. Wishing you all of the best.