Meniere's Disease
Raising Awareness and Donating Profits from books for Meniere's Research
Julieann has had Meniere's disease since 1995.
In 2013 she started writing books to help raise awareness and donate to Meniere's research.
Vanilla Swirl and Blueberry Swirl for kids were the first ones. And then she kept writing.
NO AI has been used in Julieann's books, and ever will.
All books are available at online bookstores, including Amazon,
or ask your local library to buy a copy so you can borrow it.
Meet the Books Making an Impact
The Colour of Broken
by Amelia Grace
Twice long-listed to be made into a movie, and #1 on Amazon, multiple times. Used as a teaching resource for Meniere's lived experience at the University of Queensland, Australia. This novel was stolen for AI training.
A dark secret ... Yolande Lawrence-Harrison was hiding a dark secret. She'd returned to her hometown of Tarrin to help her ailing grandmother in Flowers for Fleur, where she had to put her engineering career aside to learn the science of flower art.
A note ... As Yolande fussed with the pale pink roses in the basket of her grandmother’s 1950s Schwinn Cruiser bicycle, she discovered a note. Yolande fumed at the pitiful manners and pure arrogance of the wording, and after numerous exchanges, she became irritated by the persistent, annoying, pig-headed, obstinate human being who wouldn’t take no for an answer.
Beware ... But when Alexander Parker walked into Flowers for Fleur, her thoughts scattered. However, she refused to inhale the alluring potion he offered. She could see through his projected façade, where his perfection was a practised deceit. She wondered, if she could see through his pretence, could he see through hers? Could he see that she was damaged, hiding a past that ate away at her core allowing the darkness to engulf what was left of her inner light. Could he see that she was the color of broken?
Run ... Yolande wanted to run. Away from the flowers. Away from Alexander Parker. But she couldn’t. Her grandmother’s life was fading as she battled an incurable illness (Meniere's disease), and Yolande needed to choose whether to fight her past or not, ultimately exposing her inner demons, in order to save her grandmother and herself from the same fate.
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The highly anticipated sequel to The Colour of Broken.
Dedicated to Judy McNamara Tripp - Creator of The Meniere's Awareness Project - Thank you for the gift you sent me after reading The Colour of Broken.
That gift inspired me to write this book.
All the Colours Above
by Amelia Grace
This novel was stolen for AI training.
INDIGO FEATHER DANUBE is a neuroscientist studying memories, how to access them, then remove them, digitally.
One day, her parents implore her to attend a reunion at the park of her youth, where TOBIAH BROOKS dares her to climb the Jacaranda tree of her childhood. But first, she must remember who he is. They meet before sundown, with Indigo’s intention to succeed at the dare, then leave. But his intention is to win her heart. Tobiah orchestrates a secret rendezvous at the Jacaranda tree on the luminous full moon, when it’s light enough to see, but dark enough to cloak their presence.
No one could possibly know they were there once a month. Together. Alone.
Every story has a beginning. At the beginning of Indigo and Tobiah’s story, is a girl who meets a boy. A girl who wasn’t in the habit of falling in love, until her heart bloomed like a thousand red roses with the scent of citrus, spice, and sweet fruit, surrounded by a dreamy and exhilarating melody of love. Until ... that day that can’t be undone. On that day of the wish that can’t be unwished. And that moment in time ... when she learned the truth.
Mirror. Mirror. Two mirrors. Two of me. Who am I?
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Meniere's Disease is in Chapters 6, 11, 16, 23 of the novel, as well as in the end pages 'Behind the Story.'
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Meniere's disease is cured with nanobot biotechnology.
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Scarlett is a character with a cochlear implant and is trialling hearing cell regrowth in her other ear.
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Meniere's Woman
When life gives you lemons ...
by Julieann Wallace
Insightful. Practical. Real.
It’s time to have a Ménière’s disease book written by a woman!
Researchers have uncovered countless ways in which women’s and men’s bodies react differently to the same diseases, due to our hormones. There is A LOT that female bodies to go through during a hormonal cycle, a stark contrast to the experience of the male body.
Welcome to Ménière’s Woman. A book that dares to enter into the zone where no male Ménière’s disease author will venture.
Grab a seat, and a cup of tea or coffee, and hit the pages of this full colour book. Let’s explore our Secret Women’s Business. There’s a 12 month period and Ménière’s disease symptom tracker, research and discussions about Ménière’s disease and pregnancy, welcoming the new baby and medication, looking after kids, perimenopause, menopause, Ménière’s disease burnout, tinnitus, hearing loss, healing from Ménière’s trauma, as well as Ménière’s disease treatments, a Ménière’s management plan, mindset, anxiety, self-care, and more.
It’s time to honour us. Women with Ménière’s disease.
Hardcover & Paperback & Ebook
Available at 39,000 online bookstores.
Dear Meniere's ~ Letters & Art
Hardcover, paperback, eBook at Amazon
A Global Ménière’s Project collated by Julieann Wallace, Anne Elias, Heather Davies and Steven Schwier.
Real. Raw. Heartfelt.
An insightful and revealing collection of letters and art about the journey of people living with Ménière’s disease. Take a look inside and see why it is the most liveable disease that no doctor wants, and why many celebrities and people are unable to continue in their careers.
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A written journal is a powerful mindfulness tool. It gives you focus, reflection, and control, and has been proven to increase activity in the brain's motor cortex, providing a meditative and therapeutic effect.
The Daily Meniere's Journal is designed to help identify triggers and patterns in your life that may cause the symptoms of Meniere's disease, each day for 3 months. Each day, you can highlight any of the 30 symptoms you are experiencing on that day, and add your own unique symptoms, including recording the weather, food and fluid intake. There is also a place to record what you were doing on that day, as well as possible visual, physical and emotional triggers.
Each page also has a 'What Helped Me?' section, and below that, a place to add notes, such as duration and severity of vertigo, new symptoms etc, you can even take note of whether you had a good day, celebrating victories.
Something that sets this journal apart is the 'Mindfulness' focus on each page - 'Three Things I am Thankful for Today'. Plus, I encourage you to be creative and add your own stamp to the journal ~ gluing in inspirational sayings, prayers, letters to yourself, adding your own artwork by drawing or painting over the supplied pages - it's a journal towards wellness in body and mind.
This journal is highly recommended by health professionals, for when you have to show what your Meniere's is like on a daily basis.
Used as a teaching resource for university students at the University of Queensland, Australia.
It's time to take back what Meniere's disease has taken from you. It is my hope that a cure is found.
Hardcopy and Paperback
Available at 39,000 online bookstores.
Welcome to Our Table
Meniere's Low-Sodium Cookbook
The Art of Flavour
A project by people living with Meniere's disease
A whirl of people with Ménière’s disease spun out of control and created this low-sodium cookbook, taking revenge on the ‘Dizzy Terror’. They collected low-sodium recipes from people with lived experience with Ménière’s, so the Ménière’s monster is starved of the sodium in our food!
The 88 recipes and 244 food suggestions are tried and true by people living with vertigo, tinnitus, and hearing loss. Besides recipes, inside you’ll find information about sodium, foods that fight inflammation, salt free seasonings, marinades and rubs for the art of flavour, a 4 week meal plan, your own meal planner, and pages to add your own recipes and notes.
Dedicated to those who have Ménière’s disease, in response to the many who ask, ‘Does anyone have any good recipes with low sodium?’
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In the Storm
His Love
A Global Meniere's & Vestibular Project of Faith, Love and Hope
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God offers his hand to pull us out of our darkest moments. For many Christians, or followers of God and Jesus, faith is what helps them through the seemingly insurmountable moments, and the hope that it brings. In this book, In the Storm ~ His Love, you’ll find Ménière’s and Vestibular stories of Christian faith, testimonies, songs, poems, prayers, and artwork, as we ‘shout to the Lord’ our thanks and praise for His grace and love and mercy, honouring Him. He sees our tears and bottles them.
Psalm 56:8 - You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.
Hebrews 4:13 - Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.
Philippians 4:6-7 - Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
This book is to honour our Heavenly Father and Jesus for the love and mercy and grace given to us.
This book is not just about our stories, it’s about our prayers, our poems, our heart songs, our art, our favourite verses and scripture, our thanks.
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It Will Change Your Life
A Cochlear Implant Journey
by Julieann Wallace
My Hearing Addiction
Emotional. Informative. Inspiring.
Julieann Wallace has shared her cochlear implant story after many requests for her to write her journey as a book. She has become an influencer in Meniere’s groups with her triumph over Meniere’s disease, and now her cochlear implant success.
‘I’m filled with so much doubt. I am choosing to get a cochlear implant. Am I allowed to choose? Or should I just accept my fate that I will remain without hearing for the length of my days, auditory colour disappearing from my life. People keep telling me that a cochlear implant will change my life. Could it be true?’
This is Julieann’s journey to hearing again. Her heart story. Her fears. Her anxieties. Her questioning. Her appointments. Her reactions. Her debilitating Meniere’s Disease. Her cochlear implant success. Her hearing addiction.
Full Colour Print Book Ebook
Available at 39,000 online bookstores.
Full Colour Book!
The Adventures of ...
Captain Vertigo ... & Fart Man
by Jules Wallace
Get ready to experience a thrilling adventure with Captain Vertigo, the hero with a unique set of superpowers that will leave you dizzy with excitement! With the ability to induce vertigo in his enemies, hear the faintest of sounds with his cyborg hearing, and unleash tinnitus to disorient his foes, Captain Vertigo is a force to be reckoned with. Meet his sidekicks, the adorable Vincent Van-go, the Super Sausage Dog and Claude Monet, the cat known as the Masked Math Whisperer. Pets that invited themselves into his life. And then there's the sidekick nobody wants, but even the mightiest of heroes needs, Fart Man - the perfect comic relief to this action-packed story. Join these unlikely friends as they fight against evil and protect the world from harm in this thrilling superhero tale!
Vanilla Swirl
by Julieann Wallace
illustrated by Shez Kennington
A picture book for children with a mother who is unwell.
Sarah loves to spin around and around and around.
All wibbly and wobbly, she goes to find her mumma ...
but mumma is terribly sick ...
With the pure love of a child, Sarah gives her mumma something very special .....
Blueberry Swirl
by Julieann Wallace
illustrated by Shez Kennington
A picture book for children with a father who is unwell.
Michael loves to spin around and around and around.
All wibbly and wobbly, he goes to find his papa ... but he is terribly sick ...
With the pure love of a child, Michael gives his papa something very special ...
Other Authors with Books About Meniere's -
Fiction and Non-Fiction
Help!
Our Dad has Man-ears Disease
by Daniel Pancy
What happens when a parent is suddenly diagnosed with Meniere's disease?
Everything changes.
Told through the honest and compassionate voices of two children, Help! Our Dad Has Meniere's Disease follows one family's journey as they learn to navigate vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, balance problems, doctor's visits, healthy lifestyle changes, and the uncertainty of living with an invisible illness.
As Dad learns to manage his symptoms, the whole family learns something even more important—that asking questions, accepting help, and supporting one another can make even the hardest days a little easier.
Filled with warmth, gentle humor, and beautifully illustrated storybook artwork, this book helps children understand chronic illness without fear while encouraging empathy, resilience, and hope.