Malcolm Hewitt to me
show details 9/19/09
Hi Mike,

I am doing well, feeling better and stronger generally. I am taking my tablets, staying off wine and bitter, if I do drink, I drink a good lager.
I have cut right back on salt, but still indulge in coffee. I feel least good when I am walking for some reason with my head fuzzy and I find it difficult to go in a straight line!

Malcolm to me
show details Mar 28
Hi Michael,

I have been great four a couple of years now but have had a set back over the last few months.
I was worried about keeping on taking the supplements constantly so given that I felt ok i let things slide
and stopped taking the tablets. Needless to say within a week or so I had bad dizziness and hopeless hearing in my left
ear and I was back on the phone for more supplies and have been back on the pills for four weeks now.
I would say I am still a long way short of where i was before I stopped taking the pills. So, any more ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

Malcolm Hewitt

Best regards,

MALCOLMHEWITT

Business leadership adviser and speaker

Mike Spencer to Malcolm
show details Apr 4
Hi Malcom,

Good to hear from you. Sorry to hear you have had a setback……at least you know that the supplements can help you so you have that safety net……unlike many people who feel they have no hope with Menieres.

In addition the the supplements of course we always believe that taking great care with your diet, alcohol, lifestyle etc. keeping relatively fit and active and absolutely no smoking………if you would like some help with this just let me know.

How is your business??………are you managing ok with it?

Take Care and mail me anytime you like

Mike

Malcolm to me
show details Apr 23
Thanks Mike. The vertigo has go much better over the last few days.
Also being fitted with a hearing aid too 50% hearing loss now in my left ear.
Apart from that I am as fit as flea!

All the best,

Malcolm

Doing well thanks Michael. Had all my mercury fillings removed. Still taking
what I would call a maintenance dose of USANA supplements and feeling great.

Malcolm

MALCOLMHEWITT

Business leadership adviser
www.malcolmhewitt.com

I asked him because he lives in Belgium and can not get hold of the exact same supplements we all use in the US, UK and Australia etc There are many people who can not get access to the same supplements for one reason or another, be it they are in different country or they can’t afford it perhaps, so we are want to help find alternatives for those people.

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Jonas Govaerts to me
show details 4:40 PM (1 hour ago)
Hi Mike,

Thanks for your reply!

I showed your site to a friend who studies alternative medicine, and he provided me with these products: MarinEPA (gold + vitamine D, supercritical Omega-3 supplements) from Minami Nutrition, a bottle of Ginkgo Biloba from Phyto Reform, and Multivitamins from OrtoPhyt.

If there’s anything missing, or if I should add anything, please let me know.

I’ve only been diagnosed six months ago, and for now, the symptoms are relatively mild: I suffer from tinnitus and low-frequency hearing loss, but not vertigo. However, since I’m a professional musician and filmmaker, I find this illness very distressing.

I’m really glad I found your site, since very little people in the medical world seem up to date about Menière’s.
Which reminds me: I’m also taking Betahistine (I think it’s called BetaSerc in the States) but am already lowering my dose,
since it doesn’t seem to do much for me. I hope this medicine doesn’t interfere with the products you recommend?

All the Best from Belgium,
Jonas Govaerts

Mike Spencer to Jonas
show details 4:48 PM (1 hour ago)
HI Jonas,

We use a Ginkgo which is important, a broad spectrum optimized multivitamin/mineral,
GRAPE SEED EXTRACT (is the main ingredient that helps inflammation….allegedly).

The Omega oils are a good addition because the Dr who originally put the program together added that a few years ago.

As you know the supplements will be available in Belgium soon but I am always looking for alternatives (cheaper) for people.
Would you mind if I followed your progress and put it as a case study on the blog to help others in your position?

I know its a lot to ask but it would help others

Take Care and mail me anytime

Mike

Jonas Govaerts to me
show details 5:24 PM (43 minutes ago)
Hi Mike,

I don’t mind at all, I’ll keep you updated about my progress and you can ask me anything you want.

I’m also a member of the Facebook group Youngsters With Menière’s, they’ve been a great help.
There’s so much misinformation on the net about the disease it’s always good to come in contact with people who know what their talking about and/or have lived through what I’m experiencing.

Just to be clear: do I still need to get the grape seed extract, or is that included in the Multivitamins?

Take Care,
Jonas

Jonas Govaerts to me
show details 5:35 PM (33 minutes ago)

Hi Mike,

Just to give you the whole picture: I’m also trying accupuncture, and have recently received a steroid injection in my left eardrum.
I’ve experienced less pressure and tinnitus since then, but the hearing loss seems the same.
They’re doing a new audiogram next week, I’ll let you know if anything has changed.

I know of only two supplement stores in Antwerp, where I live, so please let me know if the new shop opens!

All Best,
Jonas

Mike Spencer to Jonas
show details 6:02 PM (7 minutes ago)

Thanks so much for your help Jonas. I am sure a lot of people will appreciate it

You will most probably have to get the grape seed extract separately, but check the labels for the ingedients….you never know.
And thanks for the advice about the Facebook group ‘Youngsters with Menière’s,’

Hope the first update is a positive one

Take Care and mail me anytime

Mike

Jonas Govaerts to me
show details 6:06 PM (3 minutes ago)

Okay, I’ll try to track it down!

Like I said, I’m ‘only’ suffering from hearing loss and tinnitus at the moment, but I understand the vertigo is a far worse symptom.
Hope I never have to experience it, but you never know with this unpredictable disease…

All Best,
Jonas

You can download a full report here and read an abstract report regarding a clinical study taken out in the US.

You can find the article here: http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?t=37&id=40608

Here is an exract from the Journal of Chinese Medicine:

Assessment of results of Acupuncture for Meniere’s disease…

Marked improvement: dizziness disappeared and hearing
improved after treatment, with no relapse during a follow-up
of one year.

Improvement: dizziness disappeared but hearing was not
improved after 3 courses of treatment.
Failure: no improvement was noted or a slight improvement
with relapse during a follow-up of 6 months.

Results

Of the 72 cases, 36 were markedly improved(50.0%) after
2-3 courses of treatment, 17 improved (23.6%) and 19 failed
(26.4%). The treatment was more effective in cases of short
duration.

Discussion

Meniere’s disease is a non-fatal disorder, and it has not yet
been reproduced in experimental animals. Consequently,
material for histological study is difficult to obtain. It was
long suspected that endolymphatic hydrops in the inner ear
was associated with Meniere’s disease and this was confirmed
by Hallpike and Cairs in 1938.
Case example
A 31-year-old male teacher experienced severe dizziness,
deafness and tinnitus of the left ear after his classes. He also
complained of nausea and vomiting on movement of his
head. The tympanic membrane was normal. Audiometry
showed a sensorineural hearing loss of the left ear. Caloric
test revealed that the vestibular function of his left ear was
reduced. He had red eyes, a flushed complexion, dryness in
the throat and a red tongue with yellow coating. His pulse
was taut and rapid. The diagnosis was Meniere’s disease
due to hyperactivity of Liver-yang. Electro-acupuncture to
left Tinggong SI-19 or Yifeng SJ-17, and Xingjian LIV-2 or
Taichong LIV-3 was administered. After two courses of
treatment, the dizziness completely disappeared and his
hearing improved with no relapse over 2 years.
Notes
1 Sensorineural deafness: hearing impairment due to disorders

You can read it here

A paper at ScienceDirect.Com discusses this problem……here is a summary:

Meniere’s disease may be caused by common intraosseous dental pathology – Diagnosis using the comparative compression sign

Summary
Meniere’s disease has been ascribed to a disturbance of the vestibular apparatus or its connections within the Central Nervous System. Several hypotheses have been advanced regarding its aetiopathogenesis, but treatments based on these hypotheses have often not produced the desired results. Two cases are described where common intraosseous pathology within the lower half of the functional face, i.e. within the mandible and maxillae, was shown to be the cause of Meniere’s disease. Together, these cases contributed to the chance discovery of the comparative compression sign which, when able to be elicited, may be considered pathognomonic for a dental origin of the condition. It is suggested that, in addition to other hypothesized causes involving the vestibular apparatus and the CNS, Meniere’s disease and vertigo may also be caused by common, readily-identifiable intraosseous dental pathology. These unexpected findings open up a new field for future research.

a23 Rechov Atzmon, Ramat Hasharon 47287, Israel

Received 25 June 2006; accepted 30 June 2006. Available online 8 September 2006.

VIDEO TRANSCIPT:
Hi I’m Mike, You may have seen my other two videos that are out there on the internet, on You-tube and a few other places on the internet. And in those videos basically I just explain that, Ive lived with Meniere’s for about 13 odd years now, and uh, I managed to rid myself of the symptoms, and I’ve been symptom free for the last 7 years I think it is now, through taking very high quality nutritional supplements.

I hadn’t intended on making another video but 1 or 2 things have come up. Basically on the website www.menieres-help.com, which you can see probably down here…..on there, there is a page called “triggers” and obviously that is about all the triggers that affect us people with Meniere’s.

….and the thing about triggers, is, I think, certainly I didn’t take them very seriously, or not seriously enough when I was very sick with Meniere’s and it seems that quite a few people who we advise about these triggers don’t really take it seriously enough either. One of the reasons for that is …..I think, you know, changing something in your diet, or your lifestyle, or whatever…it’s not going to give you results overnight……and it takes time basically.

….People kind of might change their diet for a week or so and don’t see any change, and think, well that’s not working…what’s the point…I like my chocolate I’ll just eat it..you know things like that (that’s not to say chocolate is a definate trigger for you)..

….so basically this is just to draw attention to a few triggers and just to explain, yeah, it does take time. It’s up to you to try and find your own particular triggers, because basically we are all different and some people are affected by some triggers and others are not basically…so I’ll just give you a quick breakdown of what’s on that page on that site and you can go and visit that site and uh,just click on the link to “triggers and what to do about them” and that will give you a lot more information than what is on this video.

…Okay, so basically, the first thing: Diet…There are quite a few things that ‘may’, not definitely, but may affect you. So you know every doctor or virtually every doctor will tell you that salt is the main problem for us, because the sodium in the salt, you know retains fluid in the body, so cutting your salt intake down to a sensible level is the first thing every person with Meniere’s should do
But not only that, there are things like if you have too much caffeine, if you have a diet full of saturated fats, if you drink alcohol, all of these things can have an affect on us. You know basically, if you can either cut those things out of your diet or limit them to sensible levels, I mean obviously it’s common sense with a lot of it, you know for just staying healthy generally. But you know, more so for us, people with Meniere’s. If you can keep to a healthy diet, you know, full of fresh vegetables and fruits, and cut out saturated fats high foods (foods high in saturated fats), salty foods like processed foods, junk food, you know in the long run it’s going to help you, in most cases.

….okay, like I say, certain things affect some people and certain things don’t affect people. Personally alcohol was a huge trigger for me, but I’ve had emails from people, where they say it’s never bothered them, ever. You know it’s up to you to find out if it does affect you……by the way I think most people are affected by alcohol.

Okay there are other things like lifestyle and environment. So in your lifestyle, obviously if you are overworked, you’re stressed, if you’re not getting enough sleep, you know all these things contribute to the problems we have. So you need to get decent sleep. For your work and your stress….you know obviously there are certain things you can do about that and other times it’s not always possible to cut that out. But if you cut the other things out, in your life like your diet and your environment, you’re giving yourself a better chance….
…okay in your environment, your own environment, you could be talking about mold, or allergens in the air, chemicals in the work place, or in the household…these can all, ‘possibly’ have an affect on you…

….and another thing is, if you’ve had dental work, or if you have amalgam fillings. There seems to be a lot of people, for me not personally, but there are a lot of people that have been affected by this..and they have found that that is their main trigger, and they’ve done something about it.

Another thing is the weather, because heavy weather, you know low barometric pressure…I think that’s the right word…low barometric…any way if there is low air pressure…that’s increasing the pressure in your ear. So again there is nothing you can do about that but if you cut out all the other triggers, you know like the salt, the things in your diet and if you cut out the things in your lifestyle, then perhaps the heavy weather is not going to affect you “as” much..

…..so basically yes, go to menieres-help.com..the website down here….and look at triggers. Have a good look and try and figure out what affects you and do something about it basically. And if you want help with that you can contact us (meniereshelp@gmail.com) and someone will get back to you and help you out there with advice.
….okay one other thing….in the other two videos I’m talking about high quality supplements helping us get rid of our Meniere’s basically….or the Meniere’s Disease symptoms I should say, it’s not a cure. But you know, we live symptom free.

A fair amount of people I think, they see that video and they just rush out to the local store and buy, maybe not the cheapest, but they certainly don’t worry about the quality of what they are buying…you know they go out and buy supplements…and a lot of supplements are not very good quality..and what it says on the bottle might not be what is in there…You know in that case they are buying these cheaper low quality brands and basically they are not getting any results, then they probably think, well that’s a load of nonsense, and they are missing out. So just one thing about that, look on the site, look what we use, you know, okay, of course I think you should use what we use, because we know it works. But you know if you don’t use what we use, because it is expensive, and it is expensive by the way, if you don’t use that, make sure you find the equivalent, you know I mean as close as you can and certainly the best quality you can get hold of. Because otherwise you’re kind of wasting your money, and kind of wasting your time I guess. So yep, that’s the two things that came up recently…so go to menieres-help.com and best of luck…