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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.

Vanessa Vicente's full story
  • Brazil
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Baby 0-1
Vanessa Vicente's story Vanessa Vincente is running the 2025 London Marathon for Meningitis Research Foundation in memory of...
Lucas Martin's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Young Adult 20-25
Lucas Martin's story Lucas Martin, from the Isle of Man, was known affectionately by his family as Looky. In September 20...

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Latisha Marie's full story
  • USA
  • Pneumococcal
  • Teenager
Latisha Marie's story The Latisha Marie Foundation was founded in 2022 by Laprice Shari. L...
CoMO Member
Emma Dann's full story
  • UK
  • Unknown meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Baby 0-1
Emma Dann's story I've been told this story so many times in my youth, and only as I get older do I truly understa...
Rachel Daniels's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis, Other bacterial meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Teenager
Rachel Daniels' story For my 17th birthday, I celebrated with a big group of friends at a university campus...
Marsha  Pearson's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis, Pneumococcal
  • Adult 25-59
Marsha Pearson's story On the Friday I felt great, I had ran 5k the day before at the gym and now I was conducting intervie...
Chris Almazan's full story
  • USA
  • Bacterial meningitis, Meningococcal
  • Baby 0-1
Chris Almazan's story Hello meningitis surviviors, I am from America, but I am not so different from all of you in the UK...
Mark Porteous's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Adult 25-59
Mark Porteous' story So this time of year is always a beast for me. Do you want to know why? It’s not SAD, although...
Frank Abel's full story
  • USA
  • Bacterial meningitis, Group A meningococcal (Men A)
  • Young child 3-5
Frank Abel's story My story starts in 1959, aged five by meeting an army man on leave...
Alan Barr's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • 60+
Alan Barr's story I had an operation for a rare brain-type tumour called an acoustic neuroma which was a success...
Kylian Ernesto Moya's full story
  • USA
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Baby 0-1
Kylian Ernesto Moya's story On Monday, November 13th my son that was only ten and a half months old at that time, was ...
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