The unknowns of a diagnosis are daunting and frightening. What do you do with the diagnosis? How do I process this? How do I tell my family? Will they understand? How will this affect them? These are many of the questions that Graceann asked herself when she received the diagnosis of ITP. The unknowns of this illness were surmounting. Where do you turn when a diagnosis of any kind comes? Graceann shares some coping strategies that helped her through the ups and downs and the uncertainties of living with chronic illness and found ways to live above the diagnosis.