Hello all,
I’ve perused this forum for a few months now since diagnosis but this is my first post.
As a bit of a background; I am 27, stage 2B invasive lobular ER/PR+ HER2-, have had mastectomy, axillary clearance (1 very small amount in 1 node out of 14) and am halfway through chemo right now.
Heres where this gets complicated. I live in Australia, Im an Australian citizen married to a Scottish man. This diagnosis has shown us life is too short. I know a lot of you will think we’re crazy to leave a tropical climate, but I have very little family and it would be really nice to be nearer my husbands family. Being so young at diagnosis, even though I had a good prognosis we all know anything can happen with hormone positive BC and I don’t want us regretting where we live long term.
Has anyone been able to secure any life insurance, even a small amount of 50-100,000GBP, in the UK at all post diagnosis??
Im very fortunate I have life insurance through my employment here in Australia; this would cease to be effective if I leave Australia long term.
I suppose Im trying to establish, do I have any options for securing something for my husband if we choose to move back for quality of life reasons and set up a new life in Scotland, by knowingly giving up the insurance in Australia.
This is obviously a huge decision and will need several years of planning so no rush, I have just been so disheartened to read how other women have had no success at all in the UK.
Also if anyone knows the answer to this; Im going to assume I would need British permanent residency at a minimum before becoming eligible for life insurance regardless of the diagnosis?
Many thanks for any advice.