Wrestling icon Trish Stratus gave fans an update about her condition after having an emergency operation and also had a message about receiving medical advice online.
The 46-year-old drove herself to hospital after feeling 'pretty intense' muscle cramps to discover she had appendicitis. She updated fans on Instagram from her hospital bad an hour after having an emergency operation saying that she was done and the recovery was "definitely manageable".
The wrestler who was named the WWE greatest female superstar of all time last year said prior to feeling painful cramps she had been travelling and was preparing to make announcement.
In an Instagram post she said: "A reminder that if you ever have a nagging pain in your lower right quadrant - do go to emergency.
"After a crampy 10 hour travel day on Monday I was working through the pain on Tuesday prepping for an announcement (which I will post tomorrow). I have a pretty high pain tolerance so when what I thought was cramps but ended up getting pretty intense I drove myself to emergency and turns out my appendix was getting ready to burst - which can be really bad if it happens and like cause death and stuff so I’m really glad I went to check it out, you know to avoid the whole dying thing.
The three-time WWE Babe of the Year and mother of two children said her takeaways from the experience was to listen to her body and not 'Dr Google.'
She added: "Dr. Google told me appendicitis was pain in the lower right abdomen, so that’s why it took me a while to think it was that because at first the pain was all across my belly.
"But after getting another Dr. Google’s opinion (reading another article) I found out it will start as pain across your stomach (also was tender to touch) but as the appendix gets more inflamed the pain will migrate to the right side and continue to get worse.
"And boy did it. Turns out it’s an organ that serves no function so good riddance old pal. Got three new scars to add to my body badges and one less organ. Recovery hasn’t been too bad so far, definitely manageable."
