Hello Chris and thanks for your mail and information. As to me, indeed I was diagnosed recently with osteoporosis and prescribed alendronic acid with cholecalciferol. As soon as I read feedbacks from patients taking this medicine, I felt a need for a support. As many others in this forum, I have to make a difficult decision if I should take the medicine or not. For many years I lived in Norway, and I am sure that a lack of light and of vitamin D have contributed to my condition. Without vitamin D or with low level of it, calcium is not assimilated by our bodies. Most people in Norway take everyday fish oil, but it seems that it in reality cannot help everybody. I have anticipated that at some stage I can get osteoporosis, and now I am trying to move to southern Spain. However, osteoporosis is already shaping my life condition and style. I shall be happy to share my experience, and I started to read all messages of this forum gratefully.