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I begged my mother to not allow them to take it. We did our best, but unfortunately, I had to lose my right leg.
- Lauren Wasser
#Best
#Lose
#Mother
#Right
#Take
They say that it's rare, and for the longest time, I felt alone being a victim of TSS. It not only left physical wounds but mental ones. I battled PTSD and fell into a dark depression after what happened. I melted into my bed, and life just sort of stopped.
- Lauren Wasser
#Alone
#Dark
#Life
#They Say
#Time
The letters TSS that I once read in the fine print buried on the bottom of tampon boxes soon came to define me. TSS - Toxic Shock Syndrome: a potentially fatal complication of certain types of bacterial infections.
- Lauren Wasser
#Bottom
#Define
#Fine
#Me
#Shock
I'm an athlete - my legs were everything. I had no idea what my life would be like without them.
- Lauren Wasser
#Everything
#Legs
#Life
#My Life
#Without
I want to educate women about the potential risks of using tampons.
- Lauren Wasser
#About
#Potential
#Risks
#Want
#Women
Toxic Shock Syndrome cost me my leg, but, years later, I have since dedicated myself to raising awareness about TSS prevention. I am comfortable in my new role as an advocate against an affliction that affects thousands.
- Lauren Wasser
#Awareness
#I Am
#Me
#Myself
#New
I have a golden leg that I am completely proud of, but my left foot that has an open ulcer, no heel, and no toes. Over the years, my body has produced a lot of calcium, which causes my bones to grow on that foot.
- Lauren Wasser
#Body
#Golden
#Grow
#I Am
#Proud
Every time I turn on the TV, it infuriates me. You'll see an ad for Advil or Viagra and hear some monotonous voice warn you about even the smaller side effects like headaches or nausea. When you see a tampon commercial, it's all happy teenage girls running along the beach in bikinis. The dangers are beyond minimized.
- Lauren Wasser
#Happy
#Me
#See
#Time
#Voice
My legs were my life.
- Lauren Wasser
#Legs
#Life
#My Life
#Were
I used to look at fashion from a superficial standpoint, and I can admit now that I wasn't so nice of a person.
- Lauren Wasser
#Fashion
#I Can
#Look
#Nice
#Person
Both my mom and dad were models.
- Lauren Wasser
#Both
#Dad
#Mom And Dad
#Mom
#Were
Social media forced us to look at the bigger picture. More people are standing up saying, 'Hey, wait, this is beautiful, too,' and the fashion industry is listening.
- Lauren Wasser
#Beautiful
#Look
#Media
#Social Media
Your body is a vessel. It doesn't really matter. It's what you leave here and how you influence other people's lives - that's what legacy you'll leave behind.
- Lauren Wasser
#Body
#Influence
#Legacy
#People
#Vessel
It wasn't until my girlfriend, photographer Jennifer Rovero, took hundreds of pictures of me as I recovered from my amputations that things started to change. The process was a sort of therapy for me, which Jennifer coined as 'photo therapy.' I grew to see the beauty and strength in myself and my journey through the lens of her camera.
- Lauren Wasser
#Beauty
#Change
#Me
#Myself
#Strength
My go-to fashion uniform would be shorts and some really cool sneakers.
- Lauren Wasser
#Cool
#Fashion
#Shorts
#Sneakers
#Uniform
#Would
I want the image of disabled people like myself to change into a picture of strength. Fashion needs to redefine its idea of beauty and have more of an open mind.
- Lauren Wasser
#Beauty
#Change
#Mind
#Myself
#Strength
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