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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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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...
Jesse Whitson's full story
  • USA
  • Bacterial meningitis, Meningococcal
  • Young Adult 20-25
Jesse Whitson's story In 2010, when I was 23 years old and before the adverts for vaccines were on television, I contracte...
Molly-Jane Dane's full story
  • UK
  • Unknown meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Adult 25-59
Molly-Jane Dane's story Summer of 2024 just about to have my 28th birthday celebration...
Louise Nott's full story
  • UK
  • Escherichia coli (E. Coli)
  • Baby 0-1
Louise Nott's story I contracted meningitis at six months old, and at one point they only gave me twelve hours to live...
Alfie Cook's full story
  • UK
  • Viral
Alfie Cook's story Three weeks prior to our son being admitted to hospital, we thought he had a typical cold coming...
Sophia Speirs's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis, Meningococcal
  • Young Adult 20-25
Sophia Speirs' story Sophia was in the second term of her first year and was really into the swing of life as a student a...
Tendai David Muranganwa's full story
  • Zimbabwe
  • Fungal
  • Adult 25-59
Tendai David Muranganwa's story When I opened my eyes on 23rd December 2015 with mild trepidation, I knew that it was time for me to...
CoMO Member
Wilson Goodrich's full story
  • USA
  • Fungal
  • Adult 25-59
Wilson Goodrich's story My son had cryptococcal meningitis, it went misdiagnosed until he had a life-changing seizure in alc...
Earl Falconer's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • 60+
Earl Falconer's story UB40 bassist, Earl Falconer, was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis when he became unwell after ret...
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