Myeloma Forum | hillbum | Activity https://forum.myeloma.org.uk/members/hillbum/activity/ Activity feed for hillbum. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:02:11 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.4 en-GB 30 hourly 2 18c8a94bd0bf97fb75dd4b64856c6c47 hillbum replied to the topic Travel Insurance after Myeloma in the forum General https://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/travel-insurance-after-myeloma/#post-127791 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 06:28:38 +0100 Andy, thanks for your reply. I’ll give them another try via the phone, so far I’ve been quoted from £500 to £1980 for an 18 day cruise calling at only EU countries.

it seems that just the word cancer causes an automatic increase in charges, despite consultant report stating “blood tests are consistent with remission”.

Hillbum

]]> 44b9a3f0091ceb719de957b8729d53f4 hillbum replied to the topic Travel Insurance after Myeloma in the forum General http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/travel-insurance-after-myeloma/#post-127651 Mon, 18 Apr 2016 12:30:52 +0100 I note that NowIcantravel has been recommended by the Myeloma UK travel guides (and someone on this forum).

What a waste of time, I have spent over an hour today completing all their questions (when the website worked) and at the end of the process ALL my pre existing medical problems, including Myeloma, were excluded from the policy, even minor…[Read more]

]]> 64ba0bd2b715b775f37a3be5e6e2c5e5 hillbum replied to the topic Getting my husband to eat! in the forum Carers http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/getting-my-husband-to-eat/#post-123915 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 07:58:36 +0100 .

]]> 64ba0bd2b715b775f37a3be5e6e2c5e5 hillbum replied to the topic Getting my husband to eat! in the forum Carers http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/getting-my-husband-to-eat/#post-123915 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 07:58:36 +0100 .

]]> 0856f2955ee6fd407972cd15c65c2779 hillbum replied to the topic Getting my husband to eat! in the forum Carers http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/getting-my-husband-to-eat/#post-123915 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 07:58:36 +0100 That size should be size 10 not 8/9

]]> ecd51ea90b77e9e1e2c5525cf5ef438d hillbum replied to the topic Getting my husband to eat! in the forum Carers http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/getting-my-husband-to-eat/#post-123914 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 07:56:25 +0100 Hi, my problem is the other way around.

Since MY diagnosis in June 2014 my wife has gone from size 16 down to 8 or 10. She has been through various tests and at one point last year we were both in the same hospital but half a mile from each other! No resolution for her nor any physical reasons, we assume it can only be worry. Perversely , some…[Read more]

]]> 88796f050de58a5dd86baf1c5d4f26e1 hillbum replied to the topic Getting my husband to eat! in the forum Carers http://www.myeloma.org.uk/forums/topic/getting-my-husband-to-eat/#post-123914 Sat, 05 Sep 2015 07:56:25 +0100 Hi, my problem is the other way around.

Since MY diagnosis in June 2014 my wife has gone from size 16 down to 8/9. She has been through various tests and at one point last year we were both in the same hospital but half a mile from each other! No resolution for her nor any physical reasons, we assume it can only be worry. Perversely , some may be…[Read more]

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