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Stage 4 Travel? Once in a lifetime opportunity...
Hello friends - I'm asking some advice about travelling internationally now that I am Stage 4.
I really want to travel to Canada (from Australia) in July but now that I am Stage 4 my Oncologist said flat out no! End of conversation - he said the insurance is too difficult to get. I haven't checked that out but I presume it costs thousands of dollars which we dont have.
We have some travel points from when we got the loan on our house - but it would probably cost us an extra $5000 to get to Canada anyway.
The reason I want to go is a bit complicated but I'll try and summarise. I am coming up to 20 years sober in June - recently we had a National Indigenous Convention which is part of my life's work and I was able to organise for 2 people from Canada to come to our Convention. Then I wasnt able to go or meet up with our visitors because I was suddenly in hospital with a broken hip due to new mets to my bone.
Anyways they have invited me to their convention to be a guest speaker - I have wanted to visit since when I first got sober - now I have a chance and a reason to go - but my Onc is saying no  So if I did go it would be without insurance.
If anything happened (like I broke another bone and ended up in hospital) it could be a disaster - Canada doesnt have the same reciprocal health/travel arrangements that say England does with Australia. And that could mean I would leave a burden of maybe hundreds of thousands of dollars for my family to pay. I would hate to do that to my bubbas when we still have another 5-7 years to pay off our mortgage. The main thing on my mind is making sure they still have a roof over their heads - even if I'm not around.
I so much want to go - it's like unfinished business - its a Spiritual connection - but I dont want to do anything to hurt my bubbas either. Any advice or sugestions would be most welcome. I'm seeing my Onc again on Wednesday and will discuss with him one more time.
Thanks so much for being here friends.
Blessings always
Hermiracles
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2003 L/DCIS –> LWE: High G./Comedo - 6 nodes clear 6 wks Rx
04/07 2 miracles born ~ very grateful
06/07 Susp areas L/b
09/07 Stage 2 bilat. mastectomy R/ b. clear extens DCIS/IDC Paget’s 8 nodes clear ER(<5%) HER2+++ CT clear
11/07 Portacath - FEC
15/11/07 Stage 4 Emerg op - hip replacemt #NOF bone mets H/Taxotere
12/07 Rx to 'spots' on spine/R/hip/femur 3wkly H
2008 H+T mets to rib/sternum? Aredia CT clear! Cont. H + Aredia 07/08 1 wk Palliative Care - mets to lungs + ?1 to brain
09/08 Stop H complete Epirubicin 1wk PC new brain mets
10/08 2wks WBR 1wk PC 22/10/08 Tykerb/Xeloda 12/08 6 CEREBRAL METS COMPLETELY GONE! Rib mets down to <1cm.
01/09 Tumour markers normal! Rx to L/arm
03/09 LUNGS CLEAR (ALL NODULES GONE!), brain clear, liver clear. Bones stable! ~ THANK YOU GOD
07/09 Repeat CT Scan ~ ALL organs clear apart from bones which remain stable. I walk in gratitude.
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