A doctor tells his patient, "I have bad news and I have really bad news."

A doctor tells his patient, "I have bad news and I have really bad news."

The patient says "Give me the really bad news first."

The doc responds, "Unfortunately, you have stage 4 cancer, and you'll be dead within a month."

The patient shakes his head, trying to take it all in. "Ok..." he says, "what's the bad news?"

"The bad news," the doctor continues, "is that you have Alzheimer's disease."

"Seriously?!" the patient exclaims. "Well, I guess it could be worse. I could be dying of cancer."