The way to think about this is that anyone can die unexpectedly at any time - even people who appear to be completely healthy. If you have an illness which is

The way to think about this is that anyone can die unexpectedly at any time - even people who appear to be completely healthy. If you have an illness which is likely to end your life prematurely, this just gives you a degree of forewarning about your own mortality which most other people don't have access to.