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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.

Pip Davies's full story
  • UK
  • Viral
  • Baby 0-1
Pip Davies' story When did you know something was wrong?   The day Alfie became unwell was an entirely normal d...
Danny Seear's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal
  • Baby 0-1
Danny Seear's story Diagnosis and early surgeries A few days after I was born, my mum noticed I was sleeping a lot more...
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Percilla Ann Marie April-Hodge's full story
  • USA
  • Pneumococcal
  • Adult 25-59
Percilla Ann Marie April-Hodge's story On July 26, 2018, my son Shaquille Hodge lost his wife Percilla Hodge to pneumococcal meningitis. T...
CoMO Member
Jayme Fahrer's full story
  • USA
  • Bacterial meningitis, Meningococcal
  • Young Adult 20-25
Jayme Fahrer's story In April 2009, my life took a dramatic and unexpected turn. I...
CoMO Member
Kay Taylor's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Young child 3-5
Kay Taylor's story It was a Saturday night in September and my partner, Graham, and I were enjoying a takeaway meal whe...
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JulieAnne Gauvreau's full story
  • Canada
  • Unknown meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Teenager
JulieAnne Gauvreau's story In January 2024, when I was nineteen years old, I went on a trip with my friends to Portugal...
Eliana Shaw-Lothian's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis, Group B meningococcal (MenB)
  • Teenager
Eliana Shaw-Lothian's story During my first year at university I was living in student accommodation and one day in October I fe...
Arthur Kilcran's full story
  • UK
  • Pneumococcal
  • Toddler 1-3
Arthur Kilcran's story In January 2023, my husband, Billy and I took our little boy, Arthur, to hospital as he was unwell a...
Steve Malcolm's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal
  • Adult 25-59
Steve Malcolm's story In October 1991, my parents and I lived in Cornwall, and we were visiting my grandparents in Yorkshi...
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Kyra Romeo McRae's full story
  • Australia
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Baby 0-1
Kyra Romeo McRae's story Kyra was 17 days old when we took her to our local emergency with temperatures of 39 degrees and los...
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