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My mother has a mestastic brain tumor(lung cancer)she was diagnosed 3 months ago, but probably has had is longer(memory loss,confusion etc started 3 or 4 months before that)..She is a home with hospice care and is just now losing her ability to walk and has had some personality change. I know no one can be exact. But what happens next?  She still eats well. Do we expect months, weeks?
We want to keep her as happy as possible.

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Anything can happen at any time! But a reasonable prediction is a few months, though it may be shorter. She will become more confused, maybe show stroke like symptoms, sleep more and more, drift into a coma and then pass away. There may be epileptic fits. Not much pain, if any.

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I`m a doctor of medicine and specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have a long time experience of these tumours.

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I'm a Doctor of Medicine and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation Therapy, educated and trained in Sweden. Now retired. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. You can also reach me on: http://www.lifestylerescue.com/expert/health-fitness-advice/dr-claes-gustaf/128 . I have no restrictions on the number of questions there. I also answer questions about Oncology (General Cancer), General History, Military History, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer.

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