[dahlia55Participant]

I just posted a query about travel insurance and it has disappeared ! I am wondering if others have managed to get travel insurance when declaring stage 3 myeloma ? I have just been rejected by Able 2 Travel which surprised me as it is one of the recommended companies….

[karParticipant]

My husband was diagnosed with myeloma in 2023. He is currently in remission. We got insurance with Insureandgo. We got a joint annual policy. It was expensive as we are planning a cruise in usa

[rosietheriveterParticipant]

Last year when I was in remission I got insurance with Puffin. I had to make a claim and they paid up promptly; the claim was not related to illness but to the global IT outage. This year Puffin will not insure me. I think it is because I answered ‘don’t know’ to the question about stage, because my consultant tells me that stage has no meaning with blood cancers.

[rabbitParticipant]

Hi Rosietheriveter,

The concept of stages in myeloma is quite well established, whatever your consultant says.

For example, see: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/myeloma/stages

It is true that stages are less important with many other cancers.

Regards
Rabbit

[iangray67Participant]

I’m not stage three, however It might be worth trying a broker, I considered this route after several hours calling various companies, however I was accepted by Insure & go, it was expensive for a single journey but not a much as I anticipated, and you can do most of it online then they will call you back.
Regards Ian

[adriwest1Participant]

Adrian rambles-

When I first was told I had Myeloma the fear and dread was beyond anything I’ve ever experienced.
I have just pasted 9 years- now if somebody had said you’ll be fine 9 years after being told I would have probably not believed them.
Never reached remission, PP level run between 6-7.
Never changed treatment- still first line.
I feel lucky but also determined to see it out. If this post helps anybody in anyway, job done. I know at first these experiences helped me massively.

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