The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness by Sarah Ramey

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The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness by Sarah Ramey

The darkly funny memoir of Sarah Ramey's years-long battle with a mysterious illness that doctors thought was all in her head--but wasn't. 

In her harrowing, darkly funny, and unforgettable memoir, Sarah Ramey recounts the decade-long saga of how a seemingly minor illness in her senior year of college turned into a prolonged and elusive condition that destroyed her health but that doctors couldn't diagnose or treat. Worse, as they failed to cure her, they hinted that her devastating symptoms were psychological.
     The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness is a memoir with a mission: to help the millions of (mostly) women who suffer from unnamed or misunderstood conditions--autoimmune illnesses, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic Lyme disease, chronic pain, and many more. Ramey's pursuit of a diagnosis and cure for her own mysterious illness becomes a page-turning medical mystery that reveals a new understanding of today's chronic illnesses as ecological in nature, driven by modern changes to the basic foundations of health, from the quality of our sleep, diet, and social connections to the state of our microbiomes. Her book will open eyes, change lives, and, ultimately, change medicine. The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness is a revelation and an inspiration for millions of women whose legitimate health complaints are ignored.
Sarah Ramey is a writer and musician (known as Wolf Larsen). She received an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from Columbia University, worked on President Obama's 2008 campaign, and was a recipient of the 2018 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant. She lives inWashington, DC.
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ISBN 13 9780307741943
ISBN 10 030774194X
Title The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness
Author Sarah Ramey
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2021-05-11
Number of pages 432
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.