Meningitis

[frankie]

HI MY NAME IS FRANKIE ELLIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THIS DEADLY DESEEAS CALLED PNUEMOCOCOL MENINIGITEIHAD KEPT HAVING THESE AWLFUL HEADACHES I HAD THE STIFF NECK BUT I DID NOT NO WHAT STIFF NECK WAS SO I JUST KEPT ON WITH MY DAILY ACTIVITY SO ON JULY 4 2007 I HAD THE POUNDING HEADACHE SO I WENT TO LIE DOWN AND MY SISTER CAME TO SEE ABOUT ME AND I ONLY REMEMBER WAKEN UP IN THE HOSPITALAND THAT I WAS IN A COMA FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS AND THEY HAD TO RESTRAIN ME LIKE TIE MY WRIST DOWN AND WHEN THEY TOLD ABOUT THE MENINGITES I WAS IN SHOCK TO FIND OUT WHAT I HAD HAPPEND TO ME I GIVE THANKS TO MY SAVIOUR I AM ABLE TO WALK WITHOUT A LIMP I CAN HEAR AND I CAN SEE AND TALK I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO NO THAT YOU CAN BE THE CLEANEST PESON IN THE WORLD AND STILL CATCH THIS UGLY DESEASE PLEASE TAKE THE TIME OUT AND READ MY STORY..THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR

[woo]

How long did your initial symptoms last before you got so very ill? I'm asking because yesterday my neck got so stiff and painful I couldn't turn or lower my head. And I had headaches in spasms and rashes on my legs. I slept the whole day and today there is some movement in my neck and the headaches and rashes seem to be subsiding. So I'm thinking that maybe I don't need to see a doctor. Did your initial symptoms subside? I'm just afraid to see doctors.

[oscaridge]

Hi I would just like to say how sorry I am for you having had such a horrible deadly disease. I can relate to what you went through. In January this year I woke at about 3.30am with severe headaches, so severe that I felt like my head was going to explode, then came the constant vomitting. At 5.30am I finally made it downstairs and I remember still vomitting, froth as all contents of my stomach had gone, feeling hot then cold, shaking. My husband telephoned for a Dr. I was told it was a viral infection and all would be well in 24 hours. I knew nothing more until I woke in hospital the following evening. My husband woke me and asked if I knew who he was, I remember feeling frustrated as I could not say his name. Apparently, I was close to being in a coma, I was unresponsive, flopping around after laying on the sofa for 8 hours. I was lashing out the medical staff, ripping canulas out of my arms and delirious. I have to say the whole experience has been so traumatic for me and my whole family. I have lost all hearing in my left ear and have a small amount in my right ear. I have bad tinitus, which really gets me down. I find I am very short tempered now and am forgetful. Like a lot of people say I am lucky to be here but it has been so hard to adjust. I used to love listening to music but that sounds distorted now. I cant lie completely flat as I feel dizzy and feel as if I am going to be sick. I am unable to run or jump as it feels as though I am floating. So my advice to anyone with unusually bad headaches etc, telephone for an ambulance, time is of the essence with this awful disease.

[sarahobarski]

did you end up having it?