Meningitis stories
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Niamh T’s Story
Niamh had been complaining of a headache and had been saying that her neck was hurting. Niamh was also tired, grumpy and lacking in her normal boundless energy. Suspecting meningitis, mum Charlotte set of for hospital -
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 -
Arthur’s Story
10-week-old Arthur had a rash that disappeared when his mum Colette did the glass test, so paramedics wrote off the possibility of meningitis -
Jenson’s Story
Baby Jenson was born prematurely but nothing could have prepared his parents for a diagnosis of meningitis and sepsis -
Freya's story
Freya was waiting excitedly for her school disco when she started to feel poorly and had to be rushed to hospital with signs of meningitis -
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 -
Kirstin's story
Kirsten was with her friend Alice throughout her meningitis experience in hospital and afterwards, we are grateful for the opportunity for Kirstin to tell Alice's story from her perspective -
Jon E’s Story
Jon contracted meningitis in 2018 whilst living and working in India, he recounts his story here -
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 -
Amelia H’s story
At four-weeks-old Amelia became unwell, after treatment and extensiove tests it was confirme that she had contracted E-coli meningitis -
Jake B’s story
Jake contracted pneumococcal meningitis in 2022 which left him with profound deafness in both ears requiring cochlear implants -
Jasmine A-B’s story
Ten years ago Jasmine contracted meningitis. To mark the anniversary, she’s braving the shave for Meningitis Now -
Rebecca M’s story
Rebecca was nearly 5 when she fell ill in 1987, Fortunately, her mum remembered seeing one of our awareness posters at the local GP surgery, which made her question an incorrect diagnosis and helped save Rebecca’s life -
Holly W’s story
Holly from Weston super Mare in Somerset, went to hospital, where she spent a month while doctors investigated her meningitis -
Leo S' meningitis story
Diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia as a baby, Leo has been left with learning difficulties, and still faces further operations on his legs 17 years later -
Ruby and Tracy's story
After daughter Ruby's diagnosis of bacterial meningitis, nurse Tracy has shared her tips for improving bowel health - something she is certain has helped Ruby's recovery -
Sarah H's story
Sarah thought she had a migraine, but as tests showed the 26-year-old midwife had contracted meningococcal meningitis