Hi Amy,
I have been told before about the pain. I will be having Bondronat which I presume is the same sort of thing. I also have been to the Dentist. Not sure if you know but Medicare has a little known secret about dental. They have a program which I think is called Chronic Illness Dental, you can look it up on their site. Basically if you have cancer or any chronic illness and are having ongoing types of treatment, you can get your GP to fill out the forms and you can get about $4000 worth of dental treatment over 2 years. You still have to pay your bill up front, but then you just go to Medicare and claim it. Depending on how much your dentist charges you still may be out of pocket a little bit but every bit helps.
Hope all is good for you.
Take care.
Traceyxx