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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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Théo Curin's full story
  • France
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Child 6-12
Théo Curin's story It all began one morning in May 2006 when I had my first symptoms: severe headaches and neck stiffne...
Ondra's full story
  • Europe
  • Pneumococcal
  • Toddler 1-3
Ondra's story Our youngest son, Ondra, became seriously ill with pneumococcal meningitis at 22 months of age...
Cameron's full story
  • Australia
  • Pneumococcal
  • Baby 0-1
Cameron's story Cameron was five and a half months old when he developed pneumococcal meningitis in a remote country...
Bonnie's full story
  • USA
  • Unknown meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Young child 3-5
Bonnie's story Jim and Sue’s story (Bonnie’s parents): Bonnie had been sick for a couple of days aroun...
Aoibhe's full story
  • Ireland
  • Meningococcal
  • Young child 3-5
Aoibhe's story Some days are easier than others for Siobhan and Noel Carroll, but there is never an easy day...
MaryJo's full story
  • USA
  • Group C meningococcal (Men C)
  • Teenager
MaryJo's story My daughter MaryJo was a beautiful, multitalented, vibrant and well-travelled young woman when she c...
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Sam 's full story
  • USA
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Baby 0-1
Sam 's story It was in a hospital room as a child that I began to create art...
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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...
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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...
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