Welcome to this very precious network. I believe we are all Pink Warriors here and can tackle this long hard 'journey'. Robyn is right, knowledge IS power but don't use the 'google' machine too much. Stick to the recommended sites and you will find all the info you need. I fell into the mistake of googling too much and gave myself the heebie jeebies. Too much rubbish out there. Well I'm hopefully nearing the end of my journey and I just wanted to let you know that all of us who have or are walking in your shoes are here to hold you hand and help you through. You can come on here without judgement, ask questions, ramble on, rant and rave and get things off you chest (pardon the pun).
So I'm sending you good vibes and keeping my fingers crossed that all goes well for you and you get through with relative ease. Hope you'll be one of the lucky ones in that :)
Love Janey xxx