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Shenikwa’s Story
When I was a college student I decided to use tampons in conjunction with pantyliners. I had off and on issues with vaginal dryness but was too uncomfortable to talk about the issue with a physician....
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Sarah’s Story
My name is Sarah Davis, and I survived TSS when I was 15 years old. I will be 24 in March 2012. This is my story: May 2003: I started getting sick on a Sunday and felt a little worse on Monday. I...
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Janelle’s Story
On March 16, 2004, I was 14 years old when in the evening I was working on a science project and suddenly got flu like symptoms, vomiting, headache and an upset stomach. I was sick all night and...
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Julie’s Story
My name is Julie and I am 17. On October 31st, when I was 15, I found my life was going to drastically change. It was Halloween and it was the day of hurricane Irene. My family and I were going to a...
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Gavrielle’s Story
My name is Gavrielle and I am now 16 years old. On November 8, 2011, I came home from school feeling very sick. I had a bad headache, fever, nausea and a sore throat. My mom thought I had the flu...
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Michelle’s Story
My story starts on June 23rd, 2007. I was at a Dance Nationals in Michigan. I had my period and I would change it every 2-3 hours. I had my old kind but since I was going to a Dance Nationals I...
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Kelly’s Story
My name is Kelly and I’m 29 years old. My story began on December 18, 2005. I woke up not feeling well, but just felt like I had the flu so I called in sick to work. As day 2 came, I was feeling...
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Jennifer’s Story
My name is Jennifer Ritter. I am 20 years old and from New Hampshire. My story begins on March 14, 2013. At the time, I was in my spring semester of my junior year of nursing school and had just come...
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Peyton’s Story
15 year old Peyton Caples I’m Peyton and I’m 15. This is my story. In June of this year (2013), I was admitted to ICU. I started feeling sick right when I used a tampon – not from having it in longer...
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My TSS Story by Jessica Evans
My name is Jessica Evans and this Thanksgiving marks my 14th year of survival from TSS due to tampons. I was 17 years old when I became ill the day before Thanksgiving in 1999. It started with nothing...
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