Hi Jack and welcome to the Cancer Chat community.

I'm sorry about the side effects your mam has been experiencing since finishing her treatment although I'm glad the good days are starting to outweigh the bad.

Hopefully some of our members who have had a similar experience will share their advice and experiences and with you soon but if you'd like to discuss this with one of our cancer nurses then you can give them a call on 0808 800 4040. Their phone lines are open Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m.

I hope the pain starts to subside for your mam soon and that the rest of her recovery goes well.

Best wishes to you both,

Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi my daughter in law started to experience awful ear pain 6 months after radiotherapy,  she is taking morphine in small doses every 4 hours, and inbetween paracetamol,  she has also been taking another pain killer which seems to be making her put on weight( a good thing). Now the pain has moved to the other ear ,and she just cries so much.  Today she has seen a pain specialist at the hospital, who have r ecommended a higher dose of the pain killer ,and a weekly talk to see how she gets on. Will this pain go eventually , and has anyone else suffered like this.  

Hi MIMSY,

Welcome to Cancer Chat. I just wanted to send a reply to say this discussion hasn't been active in a few years, so you may not receive a reply here, but you can always create a new discussion on the forum if you'd like to.

It's good to hear that the specialist is helping, and I hope that things ease soon for her.

Wishing you all the best,

Ben
Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi there I'm the original author of this post/discussion 

things do get better but it does take a long time & pain relief is part of the process. I'm now 18 months post treatment but still have periods of mild to severe ear pain.

the ear pain is probably related to ulcers, my worse pain was months after treatment & my oncologist prescribed morphine patches which were helpful at nighttime but I found shots of oramorph & cocodamol to manage the days. 
i hope she start to turn the corner soon

best regards 

james

Thankyou for your reply, i will pass the message on.

Hi James,   Thankyou for the reply,  I have suggested to my daughter in law to look online, it will give her comfort to see how other people have coped.

Hi James,   Thankyou for the reply,  I have suggested to my daughter in law to look online, it will give her comfort to see how other people have coped.