{"id":4435,"date":"2025-08-16T02:48:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T01:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/time.amazingstory.blog\/?p=4435"},"modified":"2025-08-16T02:48:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T01:48:42","slug":"her-legs-are-amputated-after-using-a-common-household-product-now-shes-warning-women-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/time.amazingstory.blog\/?p=4435","title":{"rendered":"Her legs are amputated after using a common household product \u2013 Now she\u2019s warning women everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Wasser is sharing her life story in order to prevent other women to go through the ordeal she has gone through all because of a common product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in 2012, this model went to the hospital because she experienced flu like symptoms that wouldn\u2019t go away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, once doctors ran tests, they determined that it wasn\u2019t flu that caused Lauren discomfort but toxic shock syndrome caused by bacterial toxins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was determined that the cause which led to the infection was a tampon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If left for long hours, tampons can cause this infection which leads to a toxic shock syndrome or TTS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, Lauren was in coma for over a week and doctors were forced to amputate her leg because of the infection upon awakening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, she was only 24 years old.Ever since this tragic event,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lauren made it her goal to raise awareness and fighting a legal battle against Kotex Natural Balance,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the brand of tampons that caused her to react so severely<\/p>\n\n\n\n

.In a few months, I\u2019m inevitably going to have my other leg amputated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s nothing I can do about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what I can do is help make sure that this doesn\u2019t happen to others,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lauren tells The Daily Mail.\u201cConsidering that the vagina is the most absorbent part of a woman\u2019s body and is a gateway to many of our vital organs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

, it is crucial that consumers know the reality of what could happen to them,\u201d she writes in InStyle.Following the second amputation,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lauren posed alongside Paralympic athlete Amy Purdy, who also had her legs amputated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLife is about to be so different, again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m in great spirits though and ready for my next chapter. ???\u200d\"\u2640\ufe0f\"??\u200d\"\u2642\ufe0f\" \/\/ photo by my love @camraface,\u201d she wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are cheering for Lauren who is determined to live her life to the fullest regardless of the obstacles and the pain she was forced to go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please SHARE this article with your family and friends on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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