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" I want to educate women about the potential risks of using tampons. "
Lauren Wasser
Educate
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" I hope to continue to open more doors and inspire more people, especially other amputees, to know that they are beautiful, too. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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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. "
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Best
Right
" 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. "
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Living
Going
" My legs were my life. "
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Were
Legs
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Me
Fine
Letters
" 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. "
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Body
People
Influence
" 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
" 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
" My go-to fashion uniform would be shorts and some really cool sneakers. "
Lauren Wasser
Uniform
Sneakers
Cool
" 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
Time
Happy
Voice
" I just really love wearing shorts! "
Lauren Wasser
Really
Shorts
Just
" 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
" 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
" My 20s were pretty painful. "
Lauren Wasser
Were
Painful
Pretty
" First and foremost, I loved basketball. My dad introduced me to basketball when I was a baby. "
Lauren Wasser
Me
Loved
First
" 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. "
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Dark
Alone
Time
" The future is going to be awesome! "
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Future
Awesome
Going
" 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'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
" Had I known all the info about TSS, I would never have used tampons. "
Lauren Wasser
Known
Would
Used
" 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
" 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. "
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Change
Journey
Me
" All of a sudden, I don't have a leg. I'm in a wheelchair. I have half a foot; I can't even walk to the bathroom. I'm in a bed, I can't move, and I felt like those four walls were my prison. "
Lauren Wasser
Walls
Bed
Walk
" I stand not just for a disability, but I stand for women and women's rights. "
Lauren Wasser
Just
Rights
Stand