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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.

Claire Wright's full story
  • Bacterial meningitis
Claire Wright's story 2025 marks fifteen years since I joined Meningitis Research Foundation – something that feels ...
Heidi Ellingham's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis, Unknown meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Teenager
Heidi Ellingham's story When I was eighteen years old, I was living in London. The weekend before, I had visited...

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Susan Goto's full story
  • UK
  • Unknown meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Baby 0-1
Susan Goto's story I was diagnosed with meningitis just before my first birthday 69 years ago...
Bec Hutchinson's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal
  • Teenager
Bec Hutchinson's story My older sister tragically died the Christmas of 1998...
Cheryl Bernadine Repko's full story
  • USA
  • Viral
  • Adult 25-59
Cheryl Bernadine Repko's story In 1985 I was a happy, single lawyer in Washington DC when I suddenly fell victim to what was diagno...
Mark Austin 's full story
  • USA
  • Viral
  • Adult 25-59
Mark Austin 's story My first time started with a splitting headache...
Livia Wilson's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Teenager
Livia Wilson's story Our family wants to do all we can to stop another family from having to go through the heartache and...
James Patrice's full story
  • Ireland
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Child 6-12
James Patrice's story Irish TV presenter and social media creator, James Patrice, almost died of bacterial meningitis at t...
Connor Tomlinson's full story
  • UK
  • Pneumococcal
  • Baby 0-1
Connor Tomlinson's story My son contracted pneumococcal meningitis at the age of ten months old, what started with vomiting a...
Mason Paul Montague's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal
  • Toddler 1-3
Mason Paul Montague's story On November 30th 2016, Mason fell ill with meningococcal septicaemia. T...
Erin Lamond 's full story
  • UK
  • Escherichia coli (E. Coli)
Erin Lamond 's story My daughter contracted ecoli meningitis at 10 days old...
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