>> i have to keep searching. i can't rest on my laurels. >> reporter: by doing research and staying ahead of the curve, geralyn stayed ahead of breast cancer. it's so crucial to be an internet md. one way is to go online and find folks who have the same disease that you do. it's from other survivors, of course, as i said that geralyn learned about this breast cancer test. >> there's so many support groups for so many different medical illnesses and diseases. is it easy to find a patient like yourself to talk to about all of this? >> people tell me it is. people i know that have done this say it's pretty obvious what are the big and more respectable groups of patients. but they say it's really pretty easy to find them and also -- here's a good thing to do. find a blogger with your disease