Bisphosponates

Hi I have just began bisphosphonates started after having some lose teeth removed.Like you very apprehensive about the side effects especially as don't have good teeth. I began every other day for two weeks and now am on every day. I feel better with tablets as if problems can stop taking them where as infusion is in there to stay? Not sure if this is the correct way of looking at it? I haven't had probs so far but am feeling tired? I guess it's the side effects of all this treatment but it has to be better than cancer returning so just have to go along. I am on Letrozole too so watch this space. Good luck hope all goes well xx

Thank you .

I do have fairly good teeth but have not been able to get into an NHS dentist for a few years so no check ups. I’ve had to go private so hoping not too much treatment needed . I’m a very nervous patient with dentists so I’m hoping they are gentle and patient with me . 

Good luck to you as well . 

Xx 

Hi Nannaj

I haven’t started treatment yet. Booked for lumpectomy and one lymph node removal in three weeks time. I was diagnosed with osteoporosis three years ago so have been taking biophosphates since then. The first tablet I took was a weekly one called Alendronic Acid. I really struggled with this as it made me so tired, achey joints. I just felt awful.A consultant suggested trying a different tablet. I have been taking Ibandronic Acid once a month for over two years. No significant side effects. I had treatment on a cracked tooth before starting on biophosphates but no noticeable deterioration since and I go to the dentists every six months.  It is a real scary place when you start reading all the side effects of certain drugs but so far  I haven’t experienced any. Like you I had visions of my teeth falling out but so far all ok. Hope this helps you a little bit.

Evajean x

Hi Evajean

the tablets I have been prescribed are also Ibandronic acid, one per day so I hope 
my experience with them is similar to yours.
time will tell.
Good luck with your surgery and I hope you have a speedy post op recovery . 
Take care 
NannaJ xx 

Thanks Nannaj. It is all a bit overwhelming at the moment as it is only a week ago that I received my diagnosis. Like everybody else you just think it will not happen to you. At least at 74 I have been lucky to have avoided it until now. The really stupid thing is that I feel guilty for bringing all this worry to my family. Crazy I know. It’s the waiting that is so hard but I have a lovely husband who is being wonderful.  In the great scheme of things I am so lucky that it is not more serious. Onwards and upwards.

Take care.

Evajean

Hi Evajean

like you, I was overwhelmed because my cancer was picked up by the routine mammogram screening 

only 8 weeks ago. It’s surprising how you learn to cope with each stage moving on but it is hard. 

I also find myself apologising to my husband , who is 76 but working so hard to keep my beloved 

garden tidy and the house , as I feel I am spoiling his life and put it on hold especially after our lockdown years. 

He gets upset when I say it so I need to accept that for the time being he wants to do it , bless him. 

I think you and me need to stop giving ourselves a hard time about it .

Good luck with your surgery and any future treatment .

Nannaj xx 

Thanks Nannaj.  Yes we sound very similar, we are 74 and 75 so our husbands probably know us pretty well after fifty odd years together.  I know it will all be clearer once I starttreatment. Thanks for sharing.

Evajean x