A down-on-his-luck man is told by his oncologist that he has a terminal illness, but his life improves as family and friends rally round him. He then finds out he has been misdiagnosed, with his doctor urging him to keep quiet about his mistake and enjoy his new, easier life.
When Daniel Glass is misdiagnosed with a fatal disease he begins to notice how everyone around him treats him better. But then he finds out he was misdiagnosed by the most incompetent oncologist on Earth and now he has a big decision to make: come clean and go back to his old rubbish life, or keep pretending to be ill.