News & Stories
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Stories
Terri’s story
In July 2012 Terri had viral meningitis and found it “one of the scariest and most surreal experiences” of her life; losing the use of her body and mind in 48 hours
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Lyndon's story
Lyndon is a Young Ambassador for Meningitis Now. He lost his legs, part of his right arm and the tips of the fingers on his other hand when he contracted meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia when eight and a half months old
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Petra's story
Our Ambassador Petra Stunt, née Ecclestone, was struck down with viral meningitis as a teenager
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Lauren's story
When she was six-weeks-old Lauren had meningitis, which left her with brain damage, hearing loss in one ear and cerebral palsy, affecting her left arm and leg, and creating balance difficulties. Doctors worried about the quality of life she would have
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Saleem's story
When student Saleem Akintoye spent the day in bed with a hangover, no one suspected he was about to die from meningitis
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Dave's story
When Dave Hancock woke at 5am with a splitting headache he knew it was more than just a migraine. Taking a couple of painkillers he went back to bed and hoped the pain would stop
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Bahman's story
In December 2010, Bahman Jamalaldini thought he was coming down with a cold. On December 21 he went to bed early and in the early hours of the morning he was vomiting, had diarrhoea, he felt cold and had muscle and joint pain
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Tureja's story
Tureja Bibi was a busy mum-of-two, who worked at a private day nursery and enjoyed going out with her friends. Then in 2006, when she was just 28, Tureja contracted bacterial meningitis
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Rebecca's story
Rebecca Williams fell ill with meningitis when she was 21 weeks pregnant, which initially caused confusion with doctors who thought she had a migraine. She thankfully pulled through but wants there to be greater awareness about the disease in pregnant women
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Savannah's story
In January 2013, baby Savannah was not even two weeks old when she started vomiting unusually. Her worried mum, Michelle, suspected something wasn’t right and acted quickly by taking her straight to her GP
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Brachann's story
Brachann Davies, from Cardiff, was at university when she started to experience flu-like symptoms such as aches and pains, an excruciating headache and sensitivity to light. After a few days and no sign of improvement, her worried parents took her to see her GP who immediately referred her to hospital
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Esmé's story
In October 2012, five-week old Esmé woke up in the morning and was looking very poorly. Her worried mum, Amy, sensed something was seriously wrong, and rushed her to hospital