Jaw Pain

smccranie
smccranie Member Posts: 5
in Head and Neck Cancer #1

Has anyone experienced jaw and ear pain post treatments? I had stage 4 tonsil cancer with chemo and radiation as the treatment. Last treatment was April 5. This pain develvoped several months ago in my ear area and jaw. It is a radiating, throbbing type of pain with constant pain to the touch on the outside of my jaw. The doctor calls it referred pain from the radiation. My meds are Dilaudid and Gabapentin. These help some, but a cup of hot coffee seems to relieve the pain better than anything. Maybe it is the caffine that helps. I have an appointment with a Neurologists this week. Hope he can help out. Anyone have any experience that can give advice?

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  • EWadeLaw
    EWadeLaw Member Posts: 3
    edited October 2016 #2
    Time seems to be the only

    Time seems to be the only thing that makes a diference. Its been a little over a year and most of the pain is gone so that I dont notice it as often. Being well rested made a difference. Yawning for some reason created a great deal of pain. 

     

  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    edited October 2016 #3
    Pain pain go away

     

    Jaw and ear pain, all a part of my new normal. I take Nucynta every day for the pain and it does help to get through the day. I do whatever I need to do to try and be as normal as I can.

     

     

     

    Tim

     

  • Tmack9200
    Tmack9200 Member Posts: 4
    #4
    Same boat

    2 1/2 months out of treatment, ear pain is bad, but seems worse at night after I drink water, jaw pain is manageable after Tylenol...  They tried steroids on me and ear pain went away, came back about 10 days after I took the last steroid...  

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