In part three of my four-part series, I discuss how to cope with a new diagnosis and explain how I personally cope with Crohn's disease. So, you've been diagnosed with IBD, perhaps with Crohn's disease or colitis. What are you supposed to do now? I cannot tell you how you should cope with a new diagnosis. Sorry.  But, I can tell you how I got beyond hearing the news for myself, just less than a year ago, and maybe that can help you a little. Once I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, it came after a long two years of waiting for a name to give my monster. I could tell you that hearing the diagnosis "Crohn's Disease," that finally putting a name to the issues I'd been suffering, meant relief would be easier to find.  I could tell you that all my stress and problems vanished with the diagnosis, or that there are medications guaranteed to help everyone. I could tell you that any of this gets easier, that the shots don't hurt and the meds don't have too many side-effects. I could tell you that I am feeling better than I was in the beginning of my journey, or that I have finished my grieving. But I'd be lying. Crohn's disease is just as difficult to manage as it is to diagnose, as my fellow Crohnie's know. Fighting for t