Now what? -- Personal decisions -- The idea of patient partnering -- The patient's new world -- Know the illness -- Learn the lingo -- Deciding where to have treatment -- Medical teams -- The partner -- God -- The patient's personal organization -- The patient's workplace -- Friends -- Health insurance -- Public-assistance law -- Private-attorney services -- Family money -- Charities -- Support groups -- Fraternal orders and community-service groups -- Gifts and givers -- Public assistance -- Armed services -- Raising cash -- The personal side of being very sick -- Nine easy ways to shoot yourself in the foot -- Treatments -- Nutrition and fitness -- Implants and replacement parts -- Transplants -- Vaccines -- Nontraditional healing practices -- Things they may forget to tell you -- Taking your medicine -- Watching and waiting -- Always wear your game face -- Getting "better" -- Easy cancer -- Tough cancer -- Dealing with pain and nausea-- Recovering from surgery -- Budgeting -- Care at home -- Clinical trials -- Personal health disclosure guidelines -- Project management suggestions for partners -- Stuff happens -- Travel for medical purposes -- Basic patient-partner relationships -- Parent-child partnerships -- When the patient is your spouse -- When the patient is a parent -- When the patient is not a relation.