Publisher's Synopsis
In 1997, at 79lbs, Rita was at the brink of death. She had so many incurable diseases defined by allopathic medicine. She had interstitial cystitis, depression, severe insomnia and anxiety. She was misdiagnosed and heavily medicated. She couldn't eat or sleep. Rita was emaciated and wasting. What Rita really had was Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Multiple Chemical sensitivity, Toxic Encephalopathy, Lyme Disease, Parasites, Biochemical Depression and Severe Mercury poisoning. She had to leave her home in New York City and become an environmental refugee. She could no longer live in NYC and made New Mexico her new home. She went to an environmental health clinic for treatment. After being told by a physician there that she was living only on will power, she recognized the failure of allopathic medicine to offer her a chance for recovery and sought relentlessly to save her own life. She lived in isolation being allergic to her bed, her husband, a pencil, everything in life while detoxifying her body everyday. SAVE YOUR LIFE is a labor of love, whereby Dr. Ferraro shares her knowledge and wisdom of twenty years which led to her own recovery. Her intent is to offer hope and guidance to people suffering from devastating illnesses in our increasingly toxic world. SAVE YOUR LIFE is a trail blazer for others to follow. She wrote this book so YOU won't have to go through what she did. Despite the seriousness of Chronic Illness, Dr. Ferraro uses wit and humor and wisdom to help us navigate difficult if not impossible illnesses.
