"this 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 Lauren wasser model activist an..."

"[Music] Lauren what do I need to know about your earliest years to understand how you were shaped molded the perspective that you inherited from that early context and environment I think the idea of ..."

"so you're 24 when your life changes October the 3rd 2012 you're 24 years old can you take me to that day when you woke up that day what was you know what was if you can remember the the plans you had ..."

"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 were to go look they have chlorine bleach di..."

"when was the first time you were aware that there was a suggestion of amputating anything um for the first time I was alone in the ICU at St John's and it was just me sitting there and my feet were ju..."

"you and mother during this period she's watching her daughter be willed away she's you're 24 years old you've built a life on modeling and Athletics she's watching you be willed um a way to have an am..."

"long were you in there uh I don't know how long I was in there but I was in there for a while and I just remember waking up and the doctor coming to me and he's like um basically my heart freaked out ..."

"hospital and you spent with your the next eight months in a wheelchair in real pain um depressed very what were your prospects for life in your own from your own perspective what were you thinking you..."

"episode did you get therapy during that period those eight months was there any sort of psychological support yeah definitely I had a lot of that um and it's interesting because during that process ob..."

"you make the decision some years later I think six or seven years later that you um you wanted to amputate the second leg your left leg why I wanted my life back I wanted my freedom I was turning 30 a..."

"he he was around um but then shortly after he died in a horrific car accident which was is really crazy because he literally sat with me every single day you know hoping and praying that I would survi..."

"um it was 2012 obsessed with Brianna um and the irony of of Rihanna is that my mom had got me tickets to go see her and I was so depressed and in a wheelchair and I was so embarrassed and I was like I..."

"to come back to this um what caused all of this you've been campaigning for some time you've spoken to government officials about how to prevent this happening to other people um zooming in specifical..."

"going on here you've been campaigning to have laws changed to have you've you've done I mean a tremendous job probably more so than anyone else that's ever lived to raise awareness for this issue um w..."

"a lot of the Alternatives that women do have they can still get TSS from like the cup but that that I've I've had women reach out to me you know their husbands writing me saying my wife of three kids ..."

"forgiveness what's your you know I was thinking about what you said about the the you wouldn't want to be in the same room as that that thing because it killed you because because it nearly killed you..."

"you with it in mind all of the people that you've helped and how you've put this this conversation on the map would you change anything absolutely not if you told me tomorrow that I could wake up and ..."

"if your work was to be done if I if I sit here with you and I don't know how many years time but if I sit here with you in a couple of I know a decade it could be it could be five months and I and you..."