Author: Lauren Wasser

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I'm an athlete - my legs were everything. I had no idea what my life would be like without them.

I'm an athlete - my legs were everything. I had no idea what my life would be like without them.

- Lauren Wasser

I want to educate women about the potential risks of using tampons.

I want to educate women about the potential risks of using tampons.

- Lauren Wasser

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.

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

Because we are women, we have to fight for everything. We need to stick together.

Because we are women, we have to fight for everything. We need to stick together.

- Lauren Wasser

The identity that I knew was completely stripped of me. I hid, and I hated life; I hated everything. The sun would bother me.

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

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.

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

My legs were my life.

My legs were my life.

- Lauren Wasser

I begged my mother to not allow them to take it. We did our best, but unfortunately, I had to lose my right leg.

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

I hope to continue to open more doors and inspire more people, especially other amputees, to know that they are beautiful, too.

I hope to continue to open more doors and inspire more people, especially other amputees, to know that they are beautiful, too.

- Lauren Wasser

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