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" First and foremost, I loved basketball. My dad introduced me to basketball when I was a baby. "
Lauren Wasser
Me
Loved
First
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" Had I known toxic shock was real, and had I seen someone that had either lost limbs or spoke about it publicly, I would have never used tampons. "
Lauren Wasser
Never
Lost
Someone
" The future is going to be awesome! "
Lauren Wasser
Future
Awesome
Going
" I can do both of the things I love, which is raise awareness for TSS and work as a model to help change beauty standards. It was a win-win. "
Lauren Wasser
I Can
Love
Beauty
" Both my mom and dad were models. "
Lauren Wasser
Were
Both
Mom And Dad
" 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
Social Media
Beautiful
Saying
" For five years of my life, I was just getting by - every day was painful. I couldn't wear heels, I couldn't run, and I could only walk for, like, 20 minutes. That's not living. "
Lauren Wasser
Walk
Run
My Life
" My legs were my life. "
Lauren Wasser
My Life
Were
Legs
" My goal is to keep going and reach as far as possible to beat all odds placed before me. "
Lauren Wasser
Possible
Me
Keep Going
" My left foot is severely damaged from TSS, and I'm probably going to have to amputate my left leg. I could be super depressed about it, but I have been given a second chance. I'm here, and I'm living. "
Lauren Wasser
Chance
Living
Going
" 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
Change
Journey
Me
" I just really love wearing shorts! "
Lauren Wasser
Really
Shorts
Just
" I read the personal stories everyone shares with me - those stories inspire me to keep going, and in doing so, I hope that I can inspire them in return. "
Lauren Wasser
Inspire
Me
Doing
" Because we are women, we have to fight for everything. We need to stick together. "
Lauren Wasser
Women
Together
Everything
" I'm an athlete - my legs were everything. I had no idea what my life would be like without them. "
Lauren Wasser
Legs
My Life
Life
" My go-to fashion uniform would be shorts and some really cool sneakers. "
Lauren Wasser
Uniform
Sneakers
Cool
" I stand not just for a disability, but I stand for women and women's rights. "
Lauren Wasser
Just
Rights
Stand
" 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
Dark
Alone
Time
" 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
I Am
Me
Myself
" 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
Strength
Beauty
Change
" I think getting rid of my leg was getting rid of the past and getting ready for my journey ahead. "
Lauren Wasser
Think
Journey
Leg
" The identity that I knew was completely stripped of me. I hid, and I hated life; I hated everything. The sun would bother me. "
Lauren Wasser
Everything
Me
Life
" 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
Take
Best
Right
" I want to educate women about the potential risks of using tampons. "
Lauren Wasser
Educate
Women
Want
" 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
Me
Fine
Letters
" 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
Look
Nice
Fashion
" My 20s were pretty painful. "
Lauren Wasser
Were
Painful
Pretty
" I'm more beautiful than I've ever been because I've experienced so many things, and I can relate to so many different people. And you know, it's just made me a better person. "
Lauren Wasser
Me
People
Beautiful
" 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
People
Influence
" Had I known all the info about TSS, I would never have used tampons. "
Lauren Wasser
Known
Would
Used
" I hope to continue to open more doors and inspire more people, especially other amputees, to know that they are beautiful, too. "
Lauren Wasser
Inspire
Hope
Know