Start medication or wait?

I've been on Simponi for about a year and it hasn't done anything. GI decided to add in 6mp before taking me off of Simponi. Within days of taking 6mp I had bumps in my throat. By about 10 days I had a horrible sore throat. GI said to stop 6mp. Strep test was negative but I didn't get better so primary doctor put me on antibiotics which after two days started making me better. Since the antibiotics are working it looks like I have some sort of bacterial infection and that it's not a side effect of the 6mp. I've had 3 days of antibiotics and it's a 7 day course. GI wants me to try again with 6mp and said to go back on it through her assistant by email, but in the office she had said to wait until I was better and the primary doctor had also thought I should wait until I was better before adding it in. WWYD? Go ahead and start it again or wait until I'm all better or wait until I finish the antibiotic?

The primary Doctor had asked when I was taking Simponi again, which would be this week, and had suggested I hold off until I was all better. Granted she's probably not all that familiar with Simponi but no Doctor had ever told me not to take it if I was sick. Another WWYD?

Does being sick make UC worse? I was having more abdominal pain and urgency when I got sick before I started the antibiotics and it's definitely not better on antibiotics. I've double the dose I was taking before of probiotics to see if that would help at all (it hasn't). Will it get better after I'm better and off the antibiotics or could this have made things even worse for awhile?

Thank you!! I'm very frustrated that my GI is giving me conflicting advice on what to do.

you should not start the 6mp if you have an infection because it is an immune suppressant. but it also takes weeks to work. so if you have the infection almost beat, and it is just a throat infection (not like TB or something), you might be able to start the 6mp while still treating the infection.

on the other hand, if you are more prone than average to get infections when on 6mp, it could be better to wait a few more days.

I think you need to consider how throat and gut feels and decide which way to throw the dice

good luck