Article, Los Angeles Times, May 16, 2005, health section.
The print edition has the best graphic
illustrating the location and relationship of endolymph and perilymph
that we've ever seen (kudos to the L.A. Times artist, Paul Rodriguez).
(Disclosure: the MDIC was a source for the graphic.)
Unfortunately, the graphic is not available online.
Dan Carlson, journalist.
Editorial by Dan Carlson, Black Hills (S.D.) Pioneer, February 10,
2007. Carlson describes his relapse -- with a vengeance -- after
many years of temporary spontaneous remission. Credit Carlson
with candor -- he admits what so many of us feel: he is scared.
Judy Carrow, disaster volunteer.
Carrow
helped
reunite Hurricane Katrina victims using her home computer out of
Topeka.
Article,
WIBW-TV, September 10, 2005.
Carrie Carter, M.D.
According to her
website, Dr.
Carter is mostly homebound and often wheelchairbound due to symptoms
of Meniere's Disease.
Kristen Chenoweth, singer, actress.
Chenoweth writes of her Meniere's Disease in her
memoir, A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages, as
reviewed in
Publishers Weekly (scroll down).
Copithorne, former CEO of a
world-class public relations firm, has experienced deafness and
lifestyle changes due to Meniere's Disease. Copithorne is the
publisher of HearingMojo.com,
a treasure trove of news about hearing aids, cochlear implants, and
other hearing technology.
Rowena Silver authored an article titled, "A
Plank in Reason -- A Retrospective Diagnosis of Emily Dickinson,"
which offers evidence that Emily Dickinson suffered from Meniere's
Disease, and which was published in "The Disability Rag and Resource"
(now "Ragged Edge Magazine)
(P.O. Box 143, Lexington, KY 40201), May/June 1996, Vol. 17, No. 3.
Avocado Press.
Brian Evans, university administrator.
Brian Evans, Meniere's Disease patient and Brigham Young
University Chief Financial Officer, adds duties of Administrative Vice
President. Evans was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease three
years ago and has lost most of the hearing in one ear.
Update: Now retired, Archbishop Flores is
suffering from worsening Meniere's Disease symptoms; he is to see a
specialist in Nashville.
Article, WOAI-TV, September 10, 2005.
MacDonald was an anchor on WSOC-TV in Charlotte,
N.C., and later worked on the "American Journal" television
newsmagazine. She was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease in 1993
and later lost all of her hearing. She now has a cochlear
implant and is a Master Gardener for the University of Delaware.
Article,
Charlotte Observer, June 4, 2007.
Update: Meg renovates her home to
accommodate her Meniere's Disease.
Article, Wilmington (Del.) News-Journal, March 15, 2009.
Lisa McDonald, former Minneapolis city council
representative and former Minneapolis mayoral candidate.
The Daily Mirror, L.A. Times blog, August 13, 2009 (on the
occasion of Les Paul's death), reprinting an article dated November
24, 1991. "Since 1980, he has undergone quintuple bypass surgery
and several operations for Meniere's syndrome, a vertigo-inducing ear
disorder."
Chris Potter, musician.
Article, San Francisco Chronicle, February 26, 2006.
Article,
Emusic.com. Subsequent to a diagnosis of Meniere's Disease,
Potter made a CD entitled "Vertigo."
Article,
(Chicago Area) Daily Herald, October 17, 2006. Ramsey retires to
take on a new job.
Mike Reilly, Major League Baseball umpire.
Reilly stays in the game after complex and
invasive surgery that leaves him deaf in one ear but which "restored balance."
Article, Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer, October 25, 2005.
Alan Shepard, astronaut.
U.S. astronaut Alan Shepard had Meniere's Disease, but recovered well
enough after endolymphatic sac shunt surgery to fly into space.
Interview, February 1, 1991.
Academy of Achievement. Meniere's Disease is referenced on
page 3
and page 4.
Patty Spitler, broadcast journalist, now retired.
Spitler was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease in
1987 and left her position at Indianapolis WISH-TV in December 2004,
citing hearing impairment as the reason.
B.J. Stelter, Principal of Bloomingdale High
School in Valrico, Florida, is retiring due to Meniere's Disease.
She struggles "with hearing that comes and goes.
Her balance is off. She says there are days when she staggers through
the hallways, appearing tipsy." The local homeowners association
created a scholarship in her name.
Article, Brandon (Florida) Times, December 9, 2005.
Elizabeth Anne Steward, community serviceperson
and Meniere's Disease advocate.
Queen's Birthday Honors and the Order of
Australia Medal went to Elizabeth Anne Steward, Bowral, NSW, for
service to the community, particularly through the
Meniere's Support Group of
New South Wales, Inc.
Jonathan Swift, author.
Swift, author of "Gulliver's Travels" and "A
Modest Proposal," suffered wracking dizziness and deafness from
Meniere's Disease, in Chuck Palahniuk's new novel, "Diary," according
to reviewer Sam Jemielity, writing in the
Chicago Sun-Times. Also see
this
biography.
There is much more about Swift and Meniere's on
the Web,
via Google.
Randy Thurman, multitalented artist. Added
January 30, 2007.
According to
this article in the Knoxville News Sentinel (Knoxville, Tenn.),
dated January 28, 2007, Thurman's art won him a "prized spot in an
international show at [the]
Monkdogz
Urban Art [G]allery in New York's Chelsea district."
The show ran January 4-27, 2007. According to the article,
Thurman hasn't been able to work a steady job since a relapse of his
Meniere's Disease last year, but hasn't let it interfere with his
work, painting on his knees when he has to.
Visit Thurman's
website to see examples of
his art.
Vincent Van Gogh, artist.
Medical researchers have concluded in an
article published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association (JAMA) that Van Gogh suffered from Meniere's Disease and
not epilepsy.
Joni has also written a book for survivors of
suicide and other books. Here is a
link to her works.
Update March 12, 2007:
Joni has a new book in progress, "Illness
Speaks: Meditations for the Chronically Ill." Read about
it at her website
here.
Joni has a free movie based upon her "Tall in
Spirit" book available at her website
here
and here.
The movie was a gift to her from her friend
Gary Frye.
Joni has a new book that will be published in
2008, "Block by Block, A 90 Day Spiritual Guide to Weight Loss."
Read about it at her website
here.
WARNING: The following information is
disturbing.
Joanna Miranda, Honolulu mother of two
daughters.
According to
Honolulu media reports, Miranda killed herself and her two
daughters in the morning of March 22, 2004, leaving a suicide note.All three died from smoke inhalation from a fire in their house.
Miranda's husband, Wendell Miranda, said, through a longtime family
friend, "If anyone in your family is affected by [Meniere's Disease],
please be with them, please have the patience, please have the love."
The general implication in the media seems to be that Miranda killed
herself and her two daughters as a result of depression due to
Meniere's Disease, which may or may not be fair, but we haven't seen
any reported evidence that directly supports that implication.
As far as we know, the contents of the suicide note have not been
published. This story received a lot of media attention March 24
and 25, 2004, but we haven't seen any further results of the
investigation since then. (Disclosure: the MDIC is quoted
in some of the articles.)
