Meningitis stories
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Sophie S’s story
Twelve months ago Sophie had what she thought was sunstroke. In fact, she’d contracted viral meningitis and it has been a life-changing experience for her -
Amy M’s story
A holiday in 2009 quickly turned into a nightmare for Amy, from Hereford. Amy tells us how her experience of being hospitalised with meningitis in Spain was just the start of her ordeal -
Lauren M-L's story
Lauren, from Kingswinford in the West Midlands, spent eight hours in A&E waiting to be treated for what transpired to be bacterial meningitis. -
Allison G’s story
Allison from Essex was a high-flying manager in the city before she was hit by viral meningitis. After many years of recovery, she has learnt what makes her happiest in life -
Tilly B’s Story
Having been told she had heatstroke, Tilly was eventually diagnosed with viral meningitis. She tells us what happened next -
Amanda Jane S’s story
Jess and Becca lost their mum Amanda on 7 April 2018. This Mothers’ Day they’ve left a dedication to remember their mum -
Janice R’s Story
Janice can’t remember much of her quick decline into severe illness before an eventual meningitis diagnosis -
Diana Man’s story
Diana contracted meningococcal meningitis in her mid 20s, leading to lower leg amputations of both legs and all the fingers on her right hand -
Amanda D's story
Amanda contracted viral meningitis and ended up spending Christmas day just gone in hospital, she tells her own story -
Bella M's story
John very sadly lost Bella but he has kindly shared his story with the hope of raising awareness of meningitis and the possible outcomes of contracting it -
Alice's story
In the middle of the covid pandemic, 19-year-old Alice became ill and increasingly worse, fortunately the intervention of friends and family meant that an ambulance was called. -
Helen M’s story
Helen had viral meningitis and was in hospital for two weeks, it has left her to this day with after-effects -
Daniel B’s story
Annette lost her 17-year-old son Daniel to meningococcal septicaemia in February 2016 and life will never be the same again -
Holly W’s story
Holly from Weston super Mare in Somerset, went to hospital, where she spent a month while doctors investigated her meningitis -
Ben P's meningitis story
Ben was a drama student when he became ill with what he thought was the start of a nasty cold. He quickly deteriorated, and woke up in hospital with a diagnosis of bacterial meningococcal meningitis -
Sarah H's story
Sarah thought she had a migraine, but as tests showed the 26-year-old midwife had contracted meningococcal meningitis -
Stacey's story
Now 39, Stacey was diagnosed with viral meningitis at 18 after her mum rushed her to A&E with a severe headache, sickness and aching all over her body -
Kerri's story
Kerri has had viral meningitis three times now, and is learning to live with the after-effects - both on her and her family -
Ashley C's story
Ashley fell ill with viral meningitis about a year ago - a time that left her feeling incredibly alone as doctors weren't able to give her much information about what was happening to her -
Kiri's story
After viral meningitis left her housebound and dependent on a wheelchair, Kiri is keen for more resources to go into understanding and treating post-viral after-effects