How to Save Your Own Life
Chapter One
Step 1
Trusting Yourself as the Real Expert About Your Health
"Each patient carries his own doctor inside him.
They come to us not knowing that truth. We are at our
best when we give the doctor who resides within
each patient a chance to go to work."
-Albert Schweitzer, M.D.
The itching began in the middle of a humid summer night. Carol
Watkins bolted upright in bed, flicked on the light, and checked for
mosquito bites. She had spent the evening on the deck of her condo,
sipping a margarita and talking nonstop with her dearest friend
about their new status as divorced single moms. The citronella
candle hadn't done much good, but the two women ignored the bugs.
They were determined to enjoy the lilac-scented breeze and the
starry sky. Carol figured she was paying the price. To her surprise,
though, there were only a few bites and they weren't where the
itching was. It was intense and generalized, making her want to dig
at her skin with her nails.
An ominous shiver went through her. Although this was by far the
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