It sends you reeling, doesn't it? But believe me, it does get better. Once you have a treatment plan and start down that path, the fear and shock seem to recede a bit. My advice...take someone you trust to appointments as two pairs of ears are better than one; write down any questions you may have as you'll probably forget otherwise; stay away from Dr Google as the information there is often old or irrelevant; ...and breathe. Also remember, if you don't want to talk to all and sundry all the time about what is going on, you don't have to. You can update people if you want to in many different ways but it is up to you how much you talk about it.