After more than twenty surgeries, cancer, and a dozen diagnoses for chronic conditions, Dee McGuire, a strongly independent and physically competitive mother, is forced to give up everything that is important in her life. Her symptoms continue to escalate with frightening intensity as she loses hope and her life transforms into a struggle for simple survival. But then an accidental discovery changes everything. Most Americans suffer from at least one chronic illness and the numbers continue to grow at an alarming rate. provides engaging and thoughtful insight into how easy it is to become one of the many who suffer, and how difficult it is to change. McGuire discovered a path out of the darkness of chronic disease. Now returned to her energetic and optimistic true self, she is driven by a passionate belief that there are millions of people suffering from chronic illness who could benefit from a new perspective if they question their fate and take control of their health. There is another way.