Hi Slim - I'm another newbie and scared too. Husband was diagnosed 12/19/08. This forum is the best thing you could have found. I cried and googled for a week before finding this. Since then I've learned more from the fine folks on here than anywhere else and I've stopped crying and started fighting. As others have said, get a notebook, write down everything, keep every doctor's card, pamphlet, etc. Ask questions. The folks on here are wonderful with their answers and just go one day at a time.