Hi Trinity. My armpit is NEPA just outside of Harvey's Lake. I am also 67 but not retired yet (although this shut down could put the small dental lab, where I do crown and bridge, out). I started out with fossamax when I was 50. Developed some bone or muscle pain after a few months so was switched to actonel. Took that for 10 years and they then said "Oh, you shouldn't be on it so
long". So it was stopped. Two years ago I was advised to continue some kind of treatment so after consulting a rheumatologist prolia was chosen. I have had four rounds of tests. On 8-3-18 bun was 26, creatinine was 0.9, and gfr was >60. On 3-18-19 bun was 21, creatinine 1.0, gfr was >60. On 10-23-19 bun was 20, creatinine was 1.0, and gfr was 58.7. This time 5-15-20 the bun was 21, the creatinine was 1.2 and the gfr was 47.7! Wow! That was hard to get right with stupid auto-correct! So now they have called me to advise me to see my pcp. The bun number was the red flag but not the gfr???? Are you kidding me? That gfr number puts me in a stage three kidney disease catagory. I take calcium and D everyday. Exercise 45 minutes every other day. Eat a reasonably healthy diet and drink an average amount of liquids. Have no symptoms of kidney issues ,yet. Urine is clear to light yellow. I know they give you all the bad possibilities of stopping prolia but do they outweigh the probability of destroying kidneys? Can kidney function be improved? I'd really like to keep my kidneys in good shape. What are other options for the bones? Is an alkaline diet very useful? I understand it would be quite hard to follow. Thank you so much for responding to my message so quickly. I joked to my husband that I have a "bone buddy". Oh, and I did not capitalize the drugs because I did not think they were entitled to the respect. With the numbers I have what would you do? I'd like to think there are other options but other than diet I'm not sure.