I’m 63 years old and had bacterial meningitis when I was 18 months old. My folks never discussed this with me after I recovered, but I’ve noticed my life has been riddled with learning disabilities, speech problems , hard of hearing, depression, anxiety, bad concentration, shaking, the list goes on… and I always wondered if some of these were caused by my meningitis. And here I am a 64 year old man just learning about it, thinking now it probably was the meningitis that has caused me hell my whole life, but I can still consider myself very lucky to have survived, such a terrible disease my parents did tell me they gave me the last rites from the priest because they didn’t think I was going to make it through the night … as far as my life has gone. I’ve had a good job at the same place for 34 years. I’ve been married 37 years to a wonderful wife, have two fantastic kids and three wonderful grandkids. Sometimes I wonder how I made it this far without doing something stupid to myself, but I think the faith that my parents installed in me was the key to it all and I try to carry that over to my children and my life itself … I’m glad I stumbled across this site and I finally realize I’m not alone… This is a subject that is never talked about or has not been researched here in the states… I would love to hear other people’s stories about the effects of post bacteria meningitis… I think the UK does a lot more research about it than the United States…