Having a medical procedure is never fun, but it’s especially terrifying when it ends up being an emergency one. Thankfully Trish Stratus caught her appendicitis in time, but she may not have had she now been so hands on.
One of the constant rules of thumb is to never look up your symptoms online because nearly all of the websites seem to say we’ll die or have something serious.
But it helps to be vigilant and do our research to help determine if we need attention or not. The trick is to not give into the panic and expect the worst right away.
A reminder that if you ever have a nagging pain in your lower right quadrant – do go to emergency… https://t.co/wbZ4iiyFZM pic.twitter.com/v12hGYuhAQ
— Trish Stratus (@trishstratuscom) September 19, 2022
Her story
Trish is one of my personal favorites, and her Instagram update is a great run down of what she went through and her thought process as she recapped her experience.
“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.
“Some takeaways – listen to your body. 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 to get worse. And boy did it. Turns out it’s an organ that serves no function so good riddance old pal.
“Got 3 new scars to add to my body badges and one less organ … recovery hasn’t been too bad so far, definitely manageable. Just wanted to check in! xo
“Big thanks to my OR team at @mackenziehealth!!”
While Trish has only appeared sporadically on WWE TV since her retirement, she’ll always hold a special place in our hearts as one of the trailblazers for the women’s division and one of the best ever.
This was also a reminder that while wrestlers my appear superhuman with larger than life characters, they’re still human and we need to pay attention to what our bodies are telling us.
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