If you or someone you love suffer from Meniere's disease, there is so much hope! Glenn Schweitzer was 24 years old and in his senior year of college when an attack of violent vertigo changed his life forever. He was diagnosed with Meniere's disease, a complex and debilitating chronic illness that causes vertigo, tinnitus, ear pressure, and progressive hearing loss. To this day, there is still no cure or even an understanding of what causes it. But he eventually found ways to cope and was able to take back his health, piece by piece. Through Glenn's terrifying, yet inspiring story, and with dozens of specific actionable techniques, you will be able to take back control of your life, too. You will be able to face your Meniere's disease without fear. You will learn to manage your symptoms and live in harmony with your disease. And most importantly of all, you will learn to thrive again. No matter how long you have suffered, this book will help you to get better. Meniere's disease will not define you. It cannot and will not ever be bigger than your dreams.
"Anatomy and Physiology of the Inner Ear, Symptoms of Meniere's Disease, Testing-What to Expect, What You will Learn, Treatments, Diet, Drugs, Alternative Treatments, Surgery, What You Can Do, Tips on Coping, Research, Insurance, Other Resources-Organizations, Support Groups"--BOOK COVER.
Through the author's inspiring story, and with dozens of actionable techniques and tools, you can finally find the relief you deserve from tinnitus. Learn specific techniques to reduce tinnitus, as well as concrete steps to dramatically improve your quality of life.
FROM MENIERE SUFFERER TO MENIERE SURVIVOR. Read a truly remarkable success story. A Memoir of Meniere's Disease. A survivors account of his personal battle with Meniere's, following his own rules for wellness and regime for better health. DETERMINED TO CONQUER MENIERE'S WITHOUT SURGERY OR ANY INVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES. In this cohesive book, the Author shares everything that worked (and didn't work) for him. He shows how his positive and holistic approach to Meniere's, took him on a personal journey of recovery. His latest Audiology report shows a faint Bell curve..he will always have 90% deafness in one ear tinnitus...but these facts the only reminders of a dark period of his life and the vicious meniere vertigo attacks he ultimately managed to recover from. The story he shares his own very personal account from his desk to the pages of 'A Memoir Of Meniere's Disease' to you. ABOUT THE MENIERE MAN SERIES: When the Author was diagnosed with Meniere's, his ENT specialist handed him an A4 leaflet and told him to keep away from stress and to not eat salt. That was it! There were no books on the subject in bookstores or libraries. The internet was in its infancy - you couldn't even send an email. The Author was determined to avoid surgery and invasive medical options.Yet, with an information void, he had no clear directions. He had no choice, but to take recovery into his own hands. Armed with hope, determination and a positive attitude, he recorded daily accounts of what worked and didn't work, until he amassed five years of handwritten diaries, daily journals and notebooks. Once he recovered health, he was determined to ensure no one else should find themselves diagnosed with an "incurable illness" and with no consistent, insightful information. He thought deeply about the far-reaching effects of what he and his family had just been through. He believed that life-changing events happen for good reason. Using his personal experience of battling Meniere symptoms and making a recovery, he decided to write a series of coherent books to cover every aspect of this multifaceted condition from his point of view. On completion of his first manuscript 'A Memoir Of Meniere's Disease', three years later, he presented it to his two ENT specialists to review. Both professionals said, the insights gained on how to manage Meniere's, that this book was invaluable from a patients' perspective. Even medical people would benefit from his experience, they believed. Since publishing the first self-help memoir and a complete series of self-help books, during the past seven years, the Author's experiences and personal insights; his coherent and consistent information, helps make the world for Meniere's sufferers, a less frightening place than it once was. Similar tags: inner ear, vestibular, low-sodium, low-salt, symptoms, vertigo, hearing loss, tinnitus, dizziness, dizzy, balance disorder, recurrent attacks, fluctuating hearing, sensorineural, hearing loss, affected ear,
Researchers Anderson and Harris once described Ménière¿s disease as one of the most debilitating diseases experienced by people who survive any illness. As a former Ménière¿s sufferer, Mark Knoblauch fully endorses that statement. For three years he was subjected to constant unsteadiness and dizziness along with unpredictable, violent attacks of vertigo. It took several visits to multiple physicians before he was finally diagnosed with Ménière¿s disease, a relatively obscure condition of the inner ear known to wreak havoc on an individual¿s balance and equilibrium. Once diagnosed, Mark was able to adopt a relatively simple lifestyle change that effectively eliminated his symptoms. In the years since adopting this lifestyle change he has not only remained almost symptom-free but has used his newfound health to successfully complete multiple marathons and even become an Ironman. Due in large part to the success of his lifestyle change, he wrote this book to not only provide an overview of just what Ménière¿s disease is but also outline for other sufferers how he has gone from at times struggling to walk to now living relatively Ménière¿s-free. Drawing from his background as a scientist, Mark provides the reader a detailed overview of Ménière¿s including the involved anatomy as well as the most recent research, along with a comprehensive look into how his adopted lifestyle change is thought to improve the symptoms of Ménière¿s disease. By detailing his own Ménière¿s journey as well as what has worked for him, Mark intends to provide other Ménière¿s sufferers a pathway which they themselves can follow in order to find similar relief from the devastating effects of Ménière¿s disease.
Meniere Man is a remarkable success story of overcoming Meniere's disease. No Meniere vertigo attacks, No dizziness, A Meniere survivor, now living the symptom-free life, shares his personal account of his recovery from Meniere's disease. A comprehensive about Meniere's disease to help other Meniere sufferers manage Meniere's and get better.
"THE MIRACLE OF GETTING OVER MENIERES IS IN THE BODY'S OWN ABILITY TO HEAL AND IN A LOW SALT DIET, COMBINED WITH NUTRITIONAL FOODS."The author says, he believes that eating a low salt diet and enjoying nutritious food has a vital role in: * Reducing Meniere symptoms. * Reducing vertigo symptoms. * Improving overall health.Through the Author's personal experience with Menieres disease, he believes that good nutrition was a key and essential building block in his complete recovery story.The low sodium health-giving ingredients found in this 'Meniere Man In The Kitchen' cookbook became part of the Author's personal management plan.Following his Meniere strategies he made a full recovery from Menieres. In this extra-ordinary cookbook, this bestselling Author has put together a treasury of his recipes.
"Of the most common recurrent vestibulopathies (Meniere's Disease, Vestibular Neuronitis, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo), Meniere's Disease has received the most attention because of the sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus that is also present. Furthermore, the description of endolymphatic hydrops (EH) in the temporal of MD has provided some insight to its cause. Unfortunately, the various medical and surgical methods used to reduce this EH have failed to relieve the symptoms of MD. EH has come to be regarded as a marker of the pathophysiology result of a viral labyrinthitis. Close examination of human TB specimens from patients with MD, VN and BPPV by light and electron-microscopy has revealed changes in the 7th and 8th cranial nerves produced by neurotropic viral organisms of the herpes family. Re-activation of these viruses in the vestibular ganglion with release of toxic nucleic acids into the peri lymphatic space produces a serous labyrinthitis responsible for the symptoms of MD. We have documentation of recovery of hearing loss in almost half of the patients with MD. In this book the work of more than 20 years documents this evidence"--
The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. - Zen saying While the pain and suffering of trauma can seem unbearable, every day we see examples of people who have found a way not only to survive their experiences but also to really live their life to the fullest. This book is about finding your way back to your valued life. In Finding Life Beyond Trauma we hope to help you to move toward living a vital, rich, and awake life.
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