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Lauren Wasser

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“Yeah, I just think that could be in so many things. And even now, I would never be able to differentiate, oh yeah, my tampon is making me sick. I would never think that. But now that I have all the information and obviously knowing that like I'm just a lucky one that got away with my life, you know, looking back on it, I'm like, wow, like that's, it's crazy that that almost killed me. And it's killed hundreds and thousands of women since the 80s, the early 80s to now. It's still an epidemic that's never gone away.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, but it has nothing to do with leaving your tampon in too long. I was changing the tampon as normal as I've always done as normal as you should, as normal as directed. But again, I think it's about How toxic these tampons are and how they sit in our bodies. And, you know, it just takes one of those toxins to get in our bloodstream and it starts that kind of flu-like symptoms, but that's so vague.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, everyone was, all of my friends. I mean, it was really to that point. I mean, my godfather and my mom got a casket. Gonna plant my funeral, like it was to that point of like. This girl probably will not make it.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So they gave me, they pumped me my whole body full of fluids because the toxins had taken over. So they pumped my body full of like a hundred pounds of fluids. So when I finally woke up from the coma, I was 200 pounds. So like I'm tiny. And I woke up and I was just like, I thought I literally just had one of those nights where you just eat a bunch of donuts and candy and ice cream. And I was just like, is this what? You know, I just had no idea why it was literally and had tubes in my throat and machines everywhere. And my mom obviously like sitting right beside me and everyone freaking out that like I'm awake. And but what degree am I awake? Like no one specifically knew how damaged or what severity it was until I could actually like. Be awake to tell them or to show them. But yeah, it was really touch and go.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“There was a whole line around St. John's, of like everyone that I knew, to say goodbye to me. Of course my family too, but like I'm from LA, like I've been around and know everyone, and to see that kind of response, especially during that where like people are actually coming to say their goodbyes and pay their respects, is just insane. Obviously, I don't know any of that, but that's just what I've been told. Just pretty crazy. And I was on life support fighting for my life. And each moment was very grim. I was on life sport in a coma for like a week and a half.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Toxic shock syndrome caused by a tampon. It's because all these tampons feminine hygiene products that are available for women on the market right now if we are to go look, they have chlorine, bleach, dioxin, all these synthetic fibers that we place inside of us at such a delicate time, and that just gets in your bloodstream and it slowly kills you. It's a gateway to everything, and those specific things are. So toxic you know, and then if you're using super absorbent tampons, the absorbancies don't Way more than just a normal one. And even if you use a cotton tampon, it's still sprayed with pesticides. So there's actually nothing on the market for women that is safe for us. Everything has something, some sort of chemical in it.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Everything around me, I was dying. I was ten minutes from death. They rushed me to St. John's, and they were like, why is this healthy young twenty four year old girl plummeting? They didn't get it. And thank God there was an infectious disease doctor that was on call. And he said, well, does she have a tampon in? And once they located the tampon and they sent it to the lab, it came back as TSS one, and that's when they were able to finally kind of get me stable and give me the things that my body was more susceptive to accepting at that time because it was really grim. And I had two heart attacks. My kidneys, my organs were failing. They put me on life support. I had 107 fever. They basically gave me a 1% chance of even surviving.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“a few hours But she was like after speaking to her, clearly she has that motherly instinct to be like something doesn't sit well. So I said, listen, the cop just left. Obviously, I think I'm okay. I just need to just sleep this off. And I'll call you in the morning. And that was the last we spoke. Obviously that doesn't sit well with her, so she feels the need to get another welfare check. She gets her husband to drive her. She was just head surgery, so she was bedridden and she was living in Riverside at the time, which is like, it could take up to like an hour or two to even get to me. So she called all of her friends, all of my friends called the police again to come to my apartment to see how I'm doing or get me help or something. So once she did that the cops came again and it took them like thirty to forty five minutes to get inside of my apartment and they found me face down on my bedroom floor defecated basically myself and”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Obviously, I'm really sick, but I think I just have the flu. And I mean, he's a cop, so I think if there was any real urgency, he would take me to the emergency room. And at that point, I'm in Santa Monica and I'm living five minutes from St. John's. Like you could see St. John's from my balcony of my apartment. Yeah, this hospital that saved my life.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Just not in any shape or form like making any real decisions because I'm just so discombobulated of like even what's going on. So I like threw on a hoodie and I open the door and the cop comes in and he looks at me and he's like, you're really sick. And I'm like, no shit. You know, like obviously. And he looks around my apartment and I think like I didn't even have a chance to take my dog out. So I'm sure there was like P and whatever. He's like, you're really sick. You need to call your mom. And I'm like, okay. And then he's like, so I plugged in my phone. And he just fucking left. The cop just left me. I like plug my phone in, I text my mom, like, the cop just came.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And I guess I must have passed out. And my mom's frantically trying to get in contact with me and she can't get a hold of me, but she knew that I was feeling ill. So she called the police to come by for a welfare check. So I'm laying on, I remember this because I was laying on my bedroom floor and I just remember my blind cocker spaniel like literally on my chest. And you know a cocker spaniel. Like they're so sweet and friendly. And she was like ferociously like barking at me to where like I could feel her breath and her like spit almost. And she was just like so adamant about like getting me up, like jumping on me and stuff. And then I hear like the knock at the door. And I hear police, police open up. And I'm like, what? Like, what's going on? Like, why are the police here? So confused. But at this time, I was already accumulating like a hundred and seven fever. So I was pretty much like.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And as soon as I drive and I walk into the venue, all of my friends are in there and they're just like, dude, you look so sick. And I felt it like I finally in that moment felt like this like whole wave of like. Heat and also just something is not right. And I'm like, yeah, I think I should probably just go home. So I drive myself back home. My mom and I are super close, so we chat every five minutes. We're always in communication. And I was like, yeah, I'm just feeling kind of unwell, but I think I'm okay. And then I get to my apartment and I'm just like really, really hot. So I just take off all of my clothes. And I just lay on the floor by my bed with my dog.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Super sick, like almost as if the flu. It was October, so flu season. All of my friends were getting sick. And I had to go to my friend's birthday that night. And it's just me and my blind cocker spaniel at the time living in Santa Monica. So it was just her and I. I changed my tampon, obviously. And I'm just laying there probably, I don't know, 30, 40 minutes. I start feeling even worse. And I'm like, wow, I'm really feeling sick. I'm texting with my friends, you know. A couple hours go by. Change my tampon again. So this is the second time I've changed it. About now, like, I don't know, five, six PM. And I have to get ready to go to my friend's birthday. So I get in the shower, get myself together, put another tampon in.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, I was 24. The best shape ever in my life, super healthy. Period has always been really heavy, so I've always had to use super absorbent tampons. But and my mama told me about toxic shock syndrome, she told me obviously how to use them properly, changed them every few hours. But on that specific day, I Like any normal day, it was just on my period. It was super heavy and I ran out of my tambon. So I ran and bought a new box and I just remember feeling.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“So that's why it's kind of like just the irony of the fact I don't have legs anymore. It's like just crazy to me because I'm like, I'm an athlete first and foremost. And like that is my livelihood. Like that's what I know best is movement is. Outside and going for a run, you know, I mean, even just we all take for granted just walking in the shower, you know?”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I thought I was going to be like the Maria Sheripov, like the WNBA. Like, I was set in stone wanting to be like... Like that was my dream. Like that's what I really wanted for myself.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“She was pretty big. She was with Stephanie Seymour and Cindy Crawford and Naomi, that whole era, you know, kind of growing up around that was just kind of crazy to see. She wouldn't even leave the house without wearing makeup or like looking like top of the line. Whereas I don't give a shit. Like I'll just roll out of bed and put on some basketball shorts and vintage tea and be like, cool, I'm out.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Was something that I didn't really see anywhere else. Like my dad wasn't there. My dad, unfortunately, he was, he got caught up in the whole drug scene, complete drug addict. Basically, saw him homeless on the side of the street when I was younger, like my mom and I would be driving down Melrose and my dad, I would look out and be like, oh my God, that's my dad, like on the side of the street because he's homeless. He was, he was a big model, but, you know, Studio 54, that whole era was obviously drug, mostly drugs. But my mom was like head of her career, 21 years old.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think the idea of perfection, the idea that physically Looking like that one percent and being, I guess back then too, being a supermodel in the late 80s, 90s, that's kind of like the cool era and that's kind of where me being around all these women that were just flawless and beautiful kind of set the tone and also saw Get away with anything if you're beautiful as well, which was interesting to me, but I was the complete opposite. Like I am a tomboy played basketball as my first love. That's where I think really molded and shaped who I am as a person and why I honestly think I'm alive. I think having to have the dedication, have the determination but also like have to show up every single day and give it your all.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“This shouldn't happen, but there's nothing on the market for women that is safe for us. It kills us. This is my new beginning.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Was just on my period. It was super heavy, and I guess I must have passed out. They found me face down on my bedroom floor. Toxic shock syndrome caused by a tampon, and I was 10 minutes from death. I had two heart attacks. My kidneys, my organs were failing. My feet were turning black, so when I finally woke up, they needed to amputate my right leg, or I was going to die, but they're telling me that we cannot give you any pain medicine. I felt every single thing that was done to me. Those eight months I was alone. Every day I was throwing screaming, crying, wanting to like think about ways I could kill myself. But there was something in my soul. It was like, don't pull the trigger. Just hold on.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Almost killed me, and it's killed hundreds and thousands of women if men's were falling off. There would be a resolution tomorrow. Until something's done, I won't quit.”
2023-07-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Shocking TRUE Story: “I Lost Both Of My Legs Because Of A Tampon” (Health Warning) - Lauren Wasser · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT