What are some signs that cancer has spread to the brain?

Question by Jade: What are some signs that cancer has spread to the brain?
My grandpa has stage IV colon cancer that has metastasized to the liver. He also has Alzheimer’s.

Last night it seems like a switch flipped and he started acting so different. He’s peed his pants three time in the past 24 hours. He is very confused and says things that don’t make sense in any way. It seems that whenever he is trying to walk he almost falls over, and he can barely stand up.

Do you think this is the Alzheimer’s? Or has maybe the cancer spread to his brain? We’ve known that he has had cancer for about 8 months, and we know that he doesn’t have much time.

How long do you think he has left?

Is this spread to the brain or Alzheimer’s?

Best answer:

Answer by biggles
My mother died of colon cancer which ended up spreading to the lungs, brain and liver. But she was extremely active up until three weeks before she passed away. She had been experiencing headaches and pressure which led to fluid on the brain and she was hospitalized. A coma followed but
she came out of it long enough to say goodbye.
Obviously everyone is different and only his oncologist
will be able to tell you.

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