An elderly friend of mine who has bowel cancer is in hospital having tests to find out why he is in so much pain and can't eat ,they have given him morphine on like a button to press when it gets too bad ,whilst I was on the phone to him I heard him discussing the pain he is having in his eyes and that he can't sleep for pain ,I heard the nurse shout over its probably the morphine just keep on with it ,that's what its there for ,my question is if its the morphine is there anything else they could give him instead or at least give him something for the pain in his eyes ,I came off the phone feeling quite upset for him when he said I've had enough ,he's quite distressed as he's normally a man who just gets on with things ,he hasn't slept in days because of pain but the ward is so busy it gets overlooked ...