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...
View ArticleThe Life You Save Could Be Your Own
By Carolyn DeForest, Ph.D Not long ago, the fall of 2011, over the course of a few days, I became sick- almost debilitated – with a searing headache, nausea, and aches and pains in my neck and back...
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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...
View ArticleMy 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...
View ArticleTSS Awareness Campaign
There’s no better way that I know of to raise awareness about an issue than to talk about it. And, talk about it. And, talk about it some more. The more conversations we have, the more comfortable we...
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