Meningitis in your words

Quadruple amputee Isabelle shares her experience with meningitis and living with the after-effects.

Meningitis Research Foundation Ambassador and hand transplant recipient Mike shares his story to raise awareness and celebrate the NHS.

Viral meningitis changed Ellé's life at 24. But recovery, hope and resilience have shaped her journey since.

Amy shares the story of her newborn son's experience with life-threatening bacterial meningitis.

Hannah shares the story of contracting pneumococcal meningitis twice within a year and how Meningitis Research Foundation supported her.

Ollie, Eddie Rosen's hockey teammate, shares his memories of Eddie and the story behind Big Eddie's Joke Book.

Author and poet Michael lost his son, Eddie, to meningitis when he was only eighteen years old in 1999.

Meningitis Research Foundation Ambassador Mhairi shares her experience of contracting meningitis at 23 years old.

Frank was only days old when he was diagnosed with meningitis caused by group B strep. His mum, Kate, shares their family's story.

Meningitis Research Foundation Ambassador Onaiza Fice shares the story of losing her baby son, Zain, to sepsis when he was just one month old.

Cat shares her experience of losing a baby to group B strep at 24 weeks and the birth of her subsequent daughter.

Mum of three and social media influencer Mahwish supported her young son, Ali, after he contracted meningitis.