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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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Ash P's full story
  • UK
  • Other bacterial meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Adult 25-59
Ash P's story In January 2010, five days after my newborn baby was born, I was diagnosed with meningitis...
Sarah Wallace's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Adult 25-59
Sarah Wallace's story I wrote this poem about my experience of bacterial meningitis, for which I was hospitalised in March...
Sonny Rathod's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Adult 25-59
Sonny Rathod's story It was January 2025 and I had just recently returned to work, having relocated back to the UK after ...
Amanda Warnett's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal, Other bacterial meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Baby 0-1
Amanda Warnett's story Aimee was born on 20th November, 1987, a baby sister to Kirsty, then aged 21 months...
Lewis Bell's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis, Group W meningococcal (Men W)
  • Child 6-12
Lewis Bell's story I was called to pick up Lewis, my ten-year-old son, from school because he had a headache. He said h...
Penelope Vidal-Walsh's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal, Other bacterial meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Child 6-12
Penelope Vidal-Walsh's story On Thursday, 10 April 2025, my ten-year-old daughter, Penelope, woke up and complained of feeling si...
Jane Plumb's full story
  • UK
  • GBS (Group B streptococcal)
  • Baby 0-1
Jane Plumb's story Our son Theo was born far too early at just 25 weeks and four days into my pregnancy. H...
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Rushaan Jacobs's full story
  • South Africa
  • Bacterial meningitis, GAS (Group A streptococcal), Other bacterial meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Adult 25-59
Rushaan Jacobs' story Hello all meningitis survivors...
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Jonathan  Brough's full story
  • Canada
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Teenager
Jonathan Brough's story My name is Jonathan...
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