If you are planning a holiday, plan it early and consider the following things:

• Find out if your doctor thinks you are fit enough to travel.
• Make sure that going away won’t interfere with your treatment.
• If you are having treatment, think about any side effects you have, and how they could affect your trip.
• Ask your doctor whether you have an increased risk of blood clots.
• Find out what medical care is available where you are going, and what the standard of care is.
• Find out if you need vaccinations for where you want to travel.
• Think about how much walking or other exercise you will need to do.
• Tell the travel agency or airline if you need organise things like a wheelchair, oxygen or a special diet,

You will also need travel insurance. This can be difficult to get following a cancer diagnosis. It may help to get a letter from your specialist to give the insurance company. Make sure you find out what the insurance company will and won’t cover.