Menieres-Disease Books

It's so refreshing to read a book about this disease without being scared to death each time you learn something new about the disease. It was also a relief to know that my grumpiness was common to, I thought it was me! Brilliant book, well written and informative without being shocking, and positive without being overly optimistic. Thankyou P J Haybach, you've helped me a lot!

This book was such a blessing in my life. I read it over and over when I first got it. So much of the information I was already experiencing but didnt' know why. I learned more from this book and my online support group than from any doctor.

This book is very well written and organized. It covers Meniere's in great detail and has references you can turn to for further information. I found the exhaustive list of symptoms and the explantions of their causes particularly helpful. If you have Meniere's or treat patients with the disease, you should have this book. (I work for medical book publishers, so I don't hand out praise lightly.)

I've had Meniere's Disease for 20+ years and while my doctor and the internet helped me find information, I still felt ignorant. This book changed all that: I can't think of anything anyone would need to know about Meniere's that isn't covered in this book. There's also an excellent appendix of further refernces. The more I learn, the better I can cope.

Once diagnosed with Meniere's, I began the search for information. Much is out there, but nothing was as informative as this book. The author gives you everything you could possibly want or need to know. It is very helpful in validating the more 'minor' Meniere's symptoms your physician may not have explained to you as being due to this disease. It will also give you options that range from traditional to holistic treatments. Should you reach the surgical level, this book diagrams and explains the options, risks, and outcomes to result in an informed decision. I was on the fast-track to surgery, but after reading the book, I found the drug betahistine mentioned. I discussed this with my specialist, and he consented in giving it a try. While this drug therepy dosen't work for everyone, it gave me my life back. Might I have found this therapy in another book? Maybe...but I didn't.

Great book, I am 28 and really liked it. I think it will interest all ages, maybe appealing to a younger audiance a bit more. Quick read, worth every penny.

Cassie Wagner is a young mom looking forward to the birth of her second baby when she starts experiencing some weird symptoms. After several scary episodes, she finally gets a devastating diagnosis - Meniere's disease, a disease of the inner ear which will eventually leave her deaf. Cassie is stunned and angry. Her struggles to cope with her new life become the focus of the book.

I enjoyed this book and read it in about an hour. I hadn't heard anything about the author, just stumbled on the book at the library. I would recommend it to others and I wouldn't mind reading more by this same author.

CMB

Cassie Wagner is a woman married to a good husband, mother of a lovely dauther and there's another baby on the way. Cassie has everything she has ever wanted out of life. Then she begins to suffer dizzy spells that cause a constant ringing in her ears. Her perfect world begins to come apart at the seams as she is compelled to deal with her own vulnerability. Journalist and author Heather Simonsen has drown loosely on a true story to write this engaging novel with fully developed characters that the reader comes to care about. Superbly written from first page to last, Sugar House Hills is a welcome and accomplished novel that will touch the heart and linger in the mind long after it is finished and set back upon the shelf.

This is Heather's second title to be published in 2004 (her first, Horseshoe Bay, available at Amazon, was released in June, 2004). It is a deep and moving story of a young mother coming to terms with her gradual hearing loss. Heather's incredible attention to detail, and her gripping emotional narratives, bring the characters to life. Reading Sugar House Hill, your life will be forever changed.

It is a helpful guide for a hellious disease. If you are very internet savy this probably not the book for you.