Hello,
I don't know too much about Linitis Plastica, or sometimes it's referred to as Leather Bottle Stomach, but I do know of a man that's about 15 years out from this surgery. I think that he was stage 3 or 4. His wife wrote encouraging words to me when my husband was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2005.
It's hard when you read the information and statistics online...they are all so very negative and scary. After I flipped myself out completely reading those things, I started only looking online for other people's stories. You'll feel a lot more positive if you switch your focus from the stats to real people...or, at least I did!
I wish that I was more help! Take care,
Amy