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

tjt6768
tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
edited 11. Aug 2014, 14:18 in Living with Arthritis archive
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: :lol:
Can't win lol. .

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

Hope everyone is as ok as can be :D
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Comments

  • Slosh
    Slosh Member Posts: 3,194
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    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.
    He did not say you will not be storm tossed, you will not be sore distressed, you will not be work weary. He said you will not be overcome.
    Julian of Norwich
  • mig
    mig Member Posts: 7,154
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    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
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    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. :wink: DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well done, Tony. You're a bigger man than I am :wink:
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • mamasmurf
    mamasmurf Member Posts: 89
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    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
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    '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
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you girls :D
    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 :lol:

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

    Thanks again folks. . All seems fine in the tjt oesophagus so far :D:D
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • hileena111
    hileena111 Member Posts: 7,099
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    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
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    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 :lol:
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Ha-ha! Nice reply, mate, properly up to the tjt snuff. :D DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    :lol::wink:
    dreamdaisy wrote:
    Ha-ha! Nice reply, mate, properly up to the tjt snuff. :D DD
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hope it has the desired effect on those bones Tony, let us know how you get on with it..x
    Love
    Barbara
  • villier
    villier Member Posts: 4,426
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    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 :D
    Smile a while and while you smile
    smile another smile and soon there
    will be miles and miles of smiles
    just because you smiled I wish your
    day is full of Smiles
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thanks girls :wink:

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

    :D
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • Sharon2960
    Sharon2960 Member Posts: 329
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    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
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    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 :D
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • ichabod6
    ichabod6 Member Posts: 843
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    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
    Sharon2960 Member Posts: 329
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hello Ichabod, sounds similar routine to ours, minus the toast! Only we're not newly weds, been married for 33 years!
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Cheers Ichabod..
    Will try that next time. I hope the cuppa is tetley tea :lol:

    I gotta say I was a bit sickly yesterday but nothing that bad.
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    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.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • ichabod6
    ichabod6 Member Posts: 843
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    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
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you both. .
    Next Thursday I'll do the walking around bit :D
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Defo walk around next week, Tony. :-D

    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • dachshund
    dachshund Member Posts: 9,147
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    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
    take care
    joan xx
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thank you ladies :wink:
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
    k040.gif
    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP