Mum's horror: "I slipped on the floor & cut my head on oven door – then I got a flesh-eating bug which ATE my face, I nearly died" Four years ago Donna Corden's life changed when, after waking from a coma, she was met with the words: 'Your face is missing.' She had fallen victim [...]
One of the aims of The Lee Spark Necrotising Fasciitis (NF) Foundation is to help the medical profession gain a better understanding of how NF develops, how it can be identified early, and how it can be treated. We were selected to be part of a five year EU programme working with seven European countries. [...]
We were excited yesterday to take part in the latest Group A Streptococcus working party. Working alongside the fantastic Marina Morgan and the Healthcare Infection Society, we were proud to represent our survivors and families of the bereaved of NF. Our place on the group is to make sure that the patient experience is considered [...]
We were hugely honoured to be invited back to this year's Group A Strep Working Group. Due to COVID-19, the meeting was held on-line and this proved an effective way for us all to meet. It was fascinating to hear the updates from experts and professionals in the scientific world, and our role there was [...]
4 years ago Steve Humphrey had no idea that a grazed elbow would nearly kill him. In July 2016, father-of-one Steve Humphreys slipped at the bottom of his stairs. It was only a small stumble but it marked the beginning of a medical emergency which nearly cost him his life. “It was such an insignificant [...]
Nathan Penfold and Dean Cha are travelling 189 in an incredible wheelchair challenge to raise money for us! "Myself Nathan Penfold and my close friend Dean Sheldon Cha are going to travel 189 miles from my town to his town. We are doing this in our self propelled wheelchairs to raise money for The Lee [...]
We have a wonderful survivor who has experienced so much through her necrotising fasciitis journey and is going to be able to listen to you and understand your experiences and feelings. Becky has survived necrotising fasciitis and knows how you may be feeling. She's had those bad days, she's struggled with the same emotions and [...]
Liesi’s Story of Necrotizing Fasciitis I was 46 years old when I had the most horrendous experience of my life. I had been bitten on my right hand by my friends rescue dog causing a small puncture to my hand. I went for a tetanus injection but my hand continued to swell really badly and [...]
A mum-of-three reveals she had to have her leg amputated after contracting necrotizing fasciitis. Josie Wendel, 28, shared her incredible story in a series of 16 TikTok videos, explaining that she became an amputee less than 24 hours after she started feeling sick and had a total of 28 surgeries in less than two months. [...]
Can you make us your Charity of the Year? Bit of a plea, this one. We're looking for any of our survivors, or family and friends, to see whether they could nominate us as their workplace Charity of the Year? Previously, we've raised awareness on a large scale plus fundraising events (raffles/auctions/quiz nights) and also [...]