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skylan_q on Feb 15, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: 447 Days Ago, I Found Out I Had Cancer

There's a difference between "You're going to die" and "It is very unlikely you'll make it"

seanmcdirmid on Feb 15, 2013 [–]

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."

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