Vaccine Impact - Cervarix Transformed My Life
by Lucy Hinks, Cumbria, UK
SaneVax, Inc.
Before I took ill, I had a good attendance at school and was hardly ever poorly apart from tonsillitis that I got every year.
As a baby, I was ill following the MMR vaccine. They thought I had meningitis so I was admitted to hospital, but it turned out to be a bad reaction to the vaccine.
So, I never had the second MMR.
At school I got top grades and I was always proud of myself for that. I was a shy quiet girl and did not have many friends.
At the age of 10, I had it pretty rough when my next-door neighbor died suddenly. She was my best friend and like a grandma to me, so I found the grief overwhelming.
Later that year her husband was diagnosed with lung cancer and I was scared I was going to lose him as well. Luckily the doctors were able to operate and remove his lung and he survived.
But because of the poor support in my community, I never had any help going through the grieving process. Mentally I struggled with this but physically I was healthy.