First 30 Days After Diagnosis, Chapter 1: Your First Month, Step by Step

Learning at Your Own Pace

Learn how lessons, Try it actions and chapter reviews fit together, at whatever speed suits you.

Know how lessons, Try it actions and chapter reviews work.

Each lesson takes a few minutes. You read a short Learn section, then answer a few questions. Each question has a hint, a nudge that does not give the answer.

Every lesson ends with one Try it action, a small step for today. After the last lesson of a chapter, a short review shows what stuck.

A staircase of five steps, each one a lesson. One at a time: a person climbs three steps, one by one, and each turns green. Repeat a lesson: the person climbs, steps back down one step, then climbs it again, labelled Repeat. Skip ahead: the person climbs two steps, then jumps over the next one, which stays grey to come back to later, labelled Skip ahead.

Try it actions never involve changing a medicine. Your care team makes those decisions with you.

Anything that worries you belongs with them, too. Bring it to them, and they can tell you what matters most right now. No question is too small to ask.

Action cards sort into two piles: Try it steps you can take today, and medicine decisions that belong to your care team.

This course runs at your speed. You can repeat any lesson or skip ahead. You can also pause and come back later.

There is no clock and no grade. A busy week and a quiet week can look very different, and both are fine.

Key takeaways

  • Each lesson takes only a few minutes.
  • Try it is one small step you can take today.
  • Repeat, skip ahead or pause whenever you like.

Try it

Pick a time of day that suits you, like after breakfast or before bed, and plan one lesson then.