@tmpeterson16 Very sorry you have to deal with this at your age. As for your Dr., I found they are often very clinical - cut-and-dried. I loved my surgeon, I know he did a great job (Whipple), but he was very clinical. When I asked him my prognosis, he turned to his laptop, then a minute later he said ‘5 years’. No emotion - just facts. And I wasn’t happy with that #, but as I thought about it later, I think he thought it was a good answer! I’ve also thought that Drs:
1) Don’t know it all, especially when it comes to this diagnosis, everyone is an individual and you’ll hear of many patients who go way beyond what they expect (they’re are many stories of individuals who have survived many years, there is a blog on Mayo.com that is dedicated to this), and:
2)Since they don’t really know, they don’t want to give false hope to pts - therefore just cut-and-dried.
Don’t feel hopeless at all - take it one day at a time.
I was similar to you (just older), had a personal trainer and was going to the gym 3-4X/week, walking my dogs daily, eating healthy and except for one weird fungal thing (removed from one of my sinuses in 2020), no medical issues ever.
Wishing you good luck, and prayers!