News & Stories
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Rebecca L's story
After losing their 48-year-old mother Amanda suddenly and unexpectedly to meningitis in April 2018, Rebecca and her sister Jessica have been able to draw on support from Meningitis Now. Rebecca, from Bathgate in West Lothian, tells their sad story
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Karolina's story
After three weeks of headaches, Karolina, from Southampton, was told by her doctor that she probably had an allergy. Not long after things got a lot worse until eventually she ended up in hospital
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Kirsty and Julie's story
Kirsty had recently lost her grandma when her mother, Julie, 49, became ill. She was admitted to hospital and found to have pneumococcal meningitis, from which she sadly never recovered
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Jorge's story
Nicola’s young son Jorge was off his food and had begun to make a grunting sound but meningitis didn’t cross her mind. However, the local GP was concerned and arranged for an ambulance to take Jorge to hospital, where tests confirmed meningitis
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Nicole's story
Linda's daughter Nicole was just eight weeks old when she fell ill. At first, Nicole was just crying and restless, with bad diarrhoea – but when she was still unwell the next day, Linda, from Middleton in Manchester, decided to take her to hospital
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Tom B's story
Tom fell ill following a school trip, with an extreme headache, vomiting and fever. Since then his meningitis has returned three times and he lives in fear of further attacks
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Quinn's story
Helen’s new-born baby Quinn battled back from viral meningitis twice in the first six weeks of his life and is now a happy eight-month-old. Helen, from Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire, recounts their experience here
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Thain's story
Jennifer’s young son Thain was lifeless, sleepy and pale. She saw several doctors before he was taken by ambulance to hospital, where meningitis was diagnosed. Thankfully Thain pulled through but he has been left with after-effects
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Claire A's story
What started as a normal Monday morning with what she thought was just a cold took a very nasty turn and by Tuesday Claire, from Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, was going downhill fast. Claire, 43, tells us what happened next
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Luke T's story
Luke, from Caversham, is following in the footsteps of his fundraising mum and running in this year’s Reading Half Marathon to raise money for Meningitis Now
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Katie P's story
It was Christmas Eve 1990 and Katie P started to feel very unwell. She quickly went downhill, but luckily her mum knew what the symptoms were because a friend’s son had recently had the disease. Katie, from Grimsby, tells her story
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Zoe's story
Zoe, from Newmarket, was a long way from home on a trip to Bali in June 2017 when she started to feel very ill. Her symptoms worsened until she ended up in hospital in a medically induced coma