I found this on powerfulpatients.org and, being relatively newly diagnosed myself, I thought it might be useful to other 'newbies' (and maybe a few long-timers too!). It is mostly common sense, but somehow common sense doesn't seem to be that common when the panic sets in at diagnosis It's not specific to MPNs but it is entirely relevant.
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