It's a punch in the gut when we get our diagnosis, no doubt about it. It was decided to treat my Gleason 8 cancer with External Beam Radiation and Lupron. Three months after radiation and 5 months of Lupron my doctor offered this, "We don't know if we got it all but I can promise you we slowed it down enough you'll die of something else like a heart attack before your cancer is a problem." I guess for me that brings comfort knowing we're doing the best we can and buying time. As a member of a 12 Step program I can tell you there is great comfort in the one day at a time philosophy. Enjoy today.