Trying to figure out message from GI

I saw my GI in March. We did blood work and stool samples (all normal). And also concluded that it was time to get off the prednisone b/c it was no longer helping. And I refuse to go back up to a high dosage.

My GI wants me to wait for veilizumab to be approved in hopefully the next few months. I also spoke w/ the head of research. She has a "promising trial" going to be available soon (it is a pill already approved for another condition and now can't think what).

Basically I left w/ ideas for new plans of action for the future but nothing that could immediately help me. So I have been doing my best w/ fiber, imodium and watching what I eat.

However, today my GI's assistant called and said he would like me to come into the office May 23 to "discuss something." I feel like I will be laying here all night trying to figure out what he could want to discuss!

Okay sure this makes no sense. But her message caught me off guard!

While that is an excellent answer I'm going to have to say probably not ;)

An even better one would be he is going to pay for my latest round of c diff tests that my insurance is refusing to pay for.

Yes that is the name of the trial the research nurse told me about. Xeljanz. Their office is already approved to study it in chrons and they were awaiting approval for UC.

definitely Xeljanz. https://www.med.upenn.edu/gastro/documents/JCarticle9-24-12.pdf

Vedolizumab is up for FDA approval on May 20th. It won't be on the market for a month or two after that assuming it is approved.