Re:447 Days Ago, I Found Out I Had Cancer
by skylan_q on Thursday February 14, 2013 @09:37PM
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There's a difference between "You're going to die" and "It is very unlikely you'll make it"
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Re:447 Days Ago, I Found Out I Had Cancer
by seanmcdirmid on Thursday February 14, 2013 @09:44PM
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We have no idea what the doctor actually said vs. what the patient heard. One could imagine the doctor says "you are unlikely to make it" and the patient just hears "you are going to die."