which is doctor’s code for prepare to die

[GoodTaste]

The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor’s code for prepare to die.

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"Code for prepare to die" and "code for preparing to die", which is correct?

 

[Barque]

My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor’s code for "Prepare to die".

Read it as above with the quotation marks.

The doctor was, in effect, telling him, "Prepare to die".