What the Physician Said: What the Physician Meant: Most people with this disease will have problems soon...Time could be very short—a few weeks     to a few months. I think it is advisable to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. You are dying Your time may be short You are dying If there were a hundred people in your situation, most of those people would have major problems     within one month or so...let's consider that we are now at Labor Day. By the time we get to late     September, early October, I would expect that you would be having major challenges or problems. You are dying Certainly, it sounds like the disease is really threatening your life You are dying