Ana Castillo's story
Confederation of Meningitis Organisations (CoMO) member Ana shares her experience with meningitis.
I had a CT scan with contrast at 7:30pm on the 27th February. I went home that same night. The next day I woke with head pain and it got worse very quickly. My daughter phoned the ambulance. I was taken to hospital. Passed out 20 mins later for two days, I can’t remember anything.
Three weeks of antibiotics and then I was left with all sorts of feelings. I can’t pee anymore – no feeling. My speech is awful and I twitch badly. My whole body jerks. I get headaches.
This scares me, I have flashbacks. I try to process what happened but I can’t. I’m finding things hard to cope with.
People think I'm better because it's gone now, but it's worse now because I still feel it. I'm awake and aware of the scars I feel.
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