First Alendronic Acid down the hatch. Sitting up hurts @:-(

tjt6768

Hi.
I've just taken my first Alendronic Acid tablet for my osteoporosis. I have to sit up for half an hour after taking it. This hurts :roll:
Can't win lol. .

I find sitting up can be painful but if it helps eh?

Hope everyone is as ok as can be

Slosh

No experience of taking this med but can sympathise that sitting up can be painful and it's s*d's law that it's always going to be most painful when you have to do it. All I can say is that I hope it does the job and that you can enjoy a reviving lie down later. With this and your injection later I get the feeling Thursday is not going to be your favourite day of the week.

mig

Hi Tony,My mum used to say " its good for you get it down" maybe but i discovered over the years she wasn't always right.Hope it helps babe. Mig

dreamdaisy

Prop yourself up as best you can with pillows, switch on a film and lose yourself in that. I used to do crosswords which I suspect is not your thing. DD

stickywicket

Well done, Tony. You're a bigger man than I am

mamasmurf

Our daughter ( smurfette ) takes this for osteoporosis and as she has a serious lung disease ; also connected with her RA , she also finds the sitting upright painful . She props herself up with pillows and reads her kindle to pass the time .
mamasmurf

elnafinn

'morning Tony

I appreciate that you must not lie down after taking AA for a certain amount of time but as far as I know there is no law against you standing up and walking around if you wish. It is lying down that is "verboten". You just have to keep upright for a time - 30 mins or so. That is what I was told and read about AA.

Elna x

tjt6768

Thank you girls
I propped myself up with my feather bolsters so it wasn't too bad. All done and dusted lol
I don't mind doing the meth injections at all. . But as mentioned, Thursday will be my cruddy day

DD, crosswords are sooo very much my thing. I speak them at the TV all the time

Thanks again folks. . All seems fine in the tjt oesophagus so far

hileena111

Hi Tony
I know I stopped it last week and am waiting to see my GP but I took my computer upstairs, put it on a desk, got up took the dreaded AA with a glass of water and sat and played on the computer for 30 minutes.
Then gratefully took some pain killers/dullers to hopefully help the pain of everything else LOL
Love
Hileena

tjt6768

Thanks hun. .
I went back to sleep after sitting for about 35 mins in all. I was just trawling through AC on my phone to kill the time. It worked

dreamdaisy

Ha-ha! Nice reply, mate, properly up to the tjt snuff. DD

tjt6768

dreamdaisy wrote:

Ha-ha! Nice reply, mate, properly up to the tjt snuff. DD

barbara12

Hope it has the desired effect on those bones Tony, let us know how you get on with it..x

villier

Oh dear Tony not something else to contend with, I am sorry to hear this, lets hope the meds wont take long to help, sending some Scottish ((((()))))......................Marie x


Good to see you still have that Yorkshire sense of humour

tjt6768

Thanks girls

Villier, I will always have mi sense of humour, it's in mi blood And what's another bome complaint among friends?
So far today I have been fine after taking the Alendronic Acid, and had my meth injection not too long ago..

Sharon2960

I take this, albeit once a week, but my instructions were to take it 45 mins before food, and not lie down for half an hour. My consultant suggested taking it as soon as I get out of bed, then, by the time I've showered and dressed etc, the time will have passed, and I can have brekkie and more pills! - seems to have worked so far

tjt6768

Thank you Sharon.. I took it on an empty stomach this morning.. I have a terrible appetite so didn't eat till lunch time :oops:
All good so far though, I know some suffer the whole day so I know I am lucky in that respect.

Thanks again everyone

ichabod6

Hello Sharon,
I follow the same procedure as you.
If you add shaving, and brewing a cuppa for my bride and
delivering it with a slice of toast to her in bed the 30 minutes
whips by.
I then brew a second time, this time a builder's brew in a mug
followed by a session with my kindle.
I do this every Sunday morning and apart from swallowing the aa
pill it is a kind of treat for both of us.
Tony. Do try moving around if you are able. I find it helps make
the 30 minute period seem to pass quickly.

Sharon2960

Hello Ichabod, sounds similar routine to ours, minus the toast! Only we're not newly weds, been married for 33 years!

tjt6768

Cheers Ichabod..
Will try that next time. I hope the cuppa is tetley tea

I gotta say I was a bit sickly yesterday but nothing that bad.

stickywicket

Hope today's better, Tony. I must say walking about sounds like a better bet than sitting, if you can manage it first thing. Sitting compresses the stomach, especially if you're bending over a phone or laptop.

ichabod6

Hello Tony,
Go for it mate.
Hello. Sharon,
Newly weds? If only.
we can beat your years, but I'm a romantic old bugger.

tjt6768

Thank you both. .
Next Thursday I'll do the walking around bit

elnafinn

Defo walk around next week, Tony. :-D

Elna x

dachshund

Hello Tony
i take AA i have the liquid i take it then i carry on as normal just wait the half hour then i have my porridge.
i hope it helps you.
take care
joan xx

tjt6768

Thank you ladies