I am 18 months post treatment and still suffer from throat pain which seems to worsen as the day goes on. The pain actually seems to radiate into my head/ears from my throat when I do a lot of talking. My MO says that the effects of Radiation and Chemo can take years before some people reach maximum improvement. I have just completed having a MRI of the brain and another Pet Scan of my body, both of which were totally normal. The brain scan was done due to my complaining about having dull headaches which were really beginning to stress me out as I had convinced myself that I was suffering from brain cancer. I think all of the stress associated with worrying about my symtoms further causes and contributes to my having headaches. So, its kinda like trying to figure out which came first...the chicken or the egg? My ENT Surgeon who I think is really very smart and knowledgeable had told me months ago when I complained to her about all my side effects and I asked if she had "any suggestions of what I could do?" said "yes, I have a suggestion for you, stop your whinning and suck it up!" So, maybe this is the price some of us have to pay to be cancer free. I think its just hard to accept that life ain't what it use to be after treatment.