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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.

Quinn Reecer's full story
  • USA
  • Bacterial meningitis, Pneumococcal
  • Baby 0-1
Quinn Reecer's story After noticing a fever in my four-month-old son, Quinn, I took him to the doctor, where we discovere...
Dionthe Hope's full story
  • USA
  • Fungal
  • Adult 25-59
Dionthe Hope's story I'm a kidney transplant recipient, so my immune system was compromised...

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Jeongjun's full story
  • International
  • Meningococcal
Jeongjun's story I was affected by meningococcal meningitis about ten years ago, when I lost my legs and fingers beca...
CoMO Member
Becky's full story
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Young Adult 20-25
Becky's story On the 25 February 2004, our healthy twenty-year-old daughter, Becky, died unexpectedly from meningi...
Emily's full story
  • USA
  • Group B meningococcal (MenB)
  • Teenager
Emily's story My life changed forever on January 31, 2013 at 8:15 am...
Jayme Fahrer's full story
  • USA
  • Bacterial meningitis, Meningococcal
  • Young Adult 20-25
Jayme Fahrer's story In April 2009, my life took a dramatic and unexpected turn. I...
CoMO Member
Kay Taylor's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Young child 3-5
Kay Taylor's story It was a Saturday night in September and my partner, Graham, and I were enjoying a takeaway meal whe...
Ambassador
Jack's full story
  • UK
  • Other bacterial meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Child 6-12
Jack's story Sharing Jack's story is valuable because he did not experience all of the typical, ‘tick-b...
Charlotte McGarry's full story
  • UK
  • Viral
  • Adult 25-59
Charlotte McGarry's story I was recently taken to A&E with severe head pain, a dislike of bright light and a stiff neck...
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...
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