Unfortunately, no one knows how long any of us has — all we can do is hope for the best, and support that hope with everything medical science can provide. New PCa treatments are emerging every year, so surviving just one year longer could get you lots more years we can't anticipate yet.

Statistics for overall survival are very broad brushes that may or may not depict your unique situation. There's an old joke that if you ask a statistician, they'll tell you that the average human has one ovary and one testicle, but there's a lot of wisdom hiding behind that joke for those of us who spend too long staring at cancer stats.

When I was first diagnosed with stage 4 PCa in 2021, I interpreted the stats my oncology team gave me —to expect progression in 18-24 months (which didn't happen), and 5–7 years remaining life (which they've since retracted) — as a kind of death sentence. Now I understand that they're just helping us to understand what could happen, not telling us what *will* happen.