Starting Entyvio - Question about Travel

All,

I am in the middle of a flare that is stable (not getting worse) with some urgency and bleeding (despite being on Pred - see sig). My CRP is normal however and I feel generally ok. Scope showed severe inflammation in 20cm of sigmoid colon.

I am scheduled to start Entyvio on June 8. My second dose is on June 23.

My wife and I would like to attend a wedding in the UK (we are in Canada) on June 27 and stay for 5 nights.

There will be no health insurance for me of any kind related to my UC. This I know as my condition does not meet the definition of stable (being in a flare and all).

Bad idea to travel when just starting out Entyvio?

Any precautions/advice if I do decide to go?

I was fairly stable on prednisone when I started my Entyvio (formed but soft BMs, no blood). I've had my 3 loading doses and will have my 1st "normal time frame" dose on the 20th. Completely stopped prednisone about 3-4 weeks ago. This past week, I've started having symptoms again.

So my report is that I actually felt pretty darn good from dose 1. Of course I was still on pred, and stable on it, but was able to wean down past 20mg after dose 1 or 2 and have never been able to get that low before without symptom return. I think (hope) the reasons why I'm starting to see some symptoms now is because it's been 6 1/2 weeks since my last (loading) dose.

Of course everyone's different, and you still having blood while on pred means you're not quite stable yet, but if you do as well as I have on Entyvio, I'd say you'd be good to go. I'd stay on the pred until you get back, though. If only you had a crystal ball, you'd know for sure, eh?

Btw the symptoms I'm having now are mild, some cramping, tiredness, and more frequent BMs without diarrhea or blood. Yesterday I had really bad cramps during BM but today's been much better.

I wouldn't recommend it. After Entyvio, particularly the first few doses, I had crushing migraines, joint pain, and fatigue. I would wait until after the trip to start if you're stable and not terrible uncomfortable.