You are so right about it getting harder before it gets easier! I am on day four since last radiation treatment and is as much pain, if not more. I actually had to go back to the "good" pain medication at night. I am anxiously waiting to have a noticable decrease in pain, and feel that I can begin to eat a few more foods. One of my worst pain episodes is in the morning when I first put the obturator in. I am not sure what is causing this. I can't swallow, or talk and for about 15 minutes I experience severe pain, then it subsides to a more tolerated level.