Rectal cancer treatment finished but still suffering

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Hi all

My wife finished five and a half weeks of radiotherapy and chemotherapy for rectal cancer (skin cancer) last Wednesday. She was warned that in the two to three months afterwards her rectal pain would get worse before it got better and it sure has, being especially bad on passing a motion or urinne. Morphine has so far not made a huge difference though she has been told she can take it more often if necessary. She is very tired and spending most of the day in bed. All this makes her very despondent and she sometimes wonders if she will ever get better, despite assurances from her medical team. Has anybody out there had the same experience.