Hi Butch...Welcome ! I am also new to this site...having only been diagnosed a couple of weeks ago. Earlier this year I was also diagnosed with Crohns disease........three / four years prior to that it was a brain tumour !!!!!!!! Nope ! I'm not 'showing off '........just getting a bit used to it all I guess.
I didn't really get freaked out when told about the p/d but I sure did when told about the brain tumour. I really stacked on a 'turn or two '........lol 
I was 'sorry for myself'.........scared and frightened of the unknown........angry .........and any other emotion you can think of. I think the only thing I didnt do was......throw things ( too much mess to clear up afterwards !! ) By the time I came to the p/d dx I guess it was a matter of 'practice makes perfect'......ha ! ha!
You are quite entitled to feel sorry for yourself ( but be prepared to throw that emotion away when the time is right ). Don't hesitate to get emotional about it......if you have need........days will all start to get better. You wake up in the morning and think."well, I'm still here and thats something "...........something funny happens which gives ones a real laugh.............at the end of a day, look back for something really good that happened, something you wouldn't have missed for anything.
Sorry to have rambled on Butch (hope I haven't embarassed you ).........Look forward to hearing any of your news anytime. Kind Regards,....Vicky ( bit older than you ! )......Australia 