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Kelly Rissman

Woman who left tampon in for weeks is fighting life-threatening infection in hospital

Kelsey Foster / Instagram

A woman accidentally left her tampon in for weeks, causing a near-death case of toxic shock syndrome.

Kelsey Foster, 29, told news.com.au that when she started feeling some pelvic pain, she didn’t think much of it — pain in that area was not new to her.

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