Happy dance

She must have heard my chanting. The phone rang a few minutes after I posted.

Had a nice talk with her, but the signal faded in and out so I didn't get all the info.

But I told her I was moving to the area, read the criteria for the trial, and would be interested. "On paper," I qualify for the study. So she's sending me all the info to my new address.

I asked her some questions. It's an interesting premis that I had not heard about before. For some reason, celiacs have increased levels of this secretion protein. I can't wait to get the name of this protein and do some research. But the medication is to block this protein.

The other good news is that it passed Phase 1 clinical trial. So I know it won't cause some sort of metabolic shutdown that puts me in the ICU. I'm always a bit nervous about blocking proteins when we don't know if it'll cause problems elsewhere in the body.

There's a gluten challenge involved. I'll have to get the "fine print" of that information. Does it mean that I can get whatever I want, or will it be tightly controlled amounts of gluten provided by the doctor.

The bad news:
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It's only a two week trial. If I get a free pass for gluten, then I have only two weeks to have whatever I want. There's three weeks of screening and follow up care afterwards. Then that's it. The clinical nurse said something about re-participation, but the call was going in and out, so I'm not sure on that.

Should I make a list now in case it's open range on gluten? Or would that be even more crushing if it's measured amounts of gluten from the doctor?