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As we head towards 2030, people are adding their stories every day. So, whether you want to motivate and inspire others or want to read people’s experiences of meningitis and sepsis, you’ll find a story that resonates and reminds you that you are never alone.

Maria Alvarado's full story
  • USA
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Young Adult 20-25
Maria Alvarado's story I was 19 years old and I had just started my first quarter of college...

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Amy's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal
  • Young Adult 20-25
Amy's story On 13 January 2011 I was admitted to hospital with meningococcal septicaemia. ...
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Paul Hodgson's full story
  • Meningococcal
  • Adult 25-59
Paul Hodgson's story Paul Hodgson from Darlington in County Durham in the UK contracted meningitis as a baby, more than f...
Frank Rogers's full story
  • UK
  • GBS (Group B streptococcal)
  • Toddler 1-3
Frank Rogers's story Our son Frank was born in March 2017...
Emma Dann's full story
  • UK
  • Unknown meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Adult 25-59
Emma Dann's story I've been told this story so many times in my youth, and only as I get older do i truely underst...
Kylian Ernesto Moya's full story
  • USA
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Baby 0-1
Kylian Ernesto Moya's story On Monday, November 13, my son that was only ten and a half months old at that time, was perfec...
Omar Raafat Puente's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal
  • Adult 25-59
Omar Raafat Puente's story On the 8th of June 2022, I was diagnosed with meningococcal (Cronic Media Meningitis)...
Lesley Marshall's full story
  • UK
  • Viral
  • Adult 25-59
Lesley Marshall's story In 2021, I was admitted to hospital after seeing four different GPs over a period of four days, who ...
Scott Stillman's full story
  • USA
  • Unknown meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type, Viral
  • Adult 25-59
Scott Stillman's story In August 2021, our daughter Lucy returned to St Lawrence University in upstate NY for her second ye...
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