Brandi Rhodes Reveals First Endometriosis Symptoms Doctors Missed

Sarah Jacoby is a health reporter at TODAY.

About three years ago, Brandi Rhodes, a yoga and Pilates instructor, and former WWE professional wrestler, was pregnant with her daughter when she felt what she calls an 'internal pain.' 'It felt like something inside, whether it was an ovary or my uterus, just felt really irritated and aggravated,' Rhodes, 40, tells TODAY.com. Her doctor at the time told her that it was simply something that some women feel and it would go away after she gave birth. But that didn't happen.

' It wasn't until fellow professional wrestler Maryse Mizanin shared her own health journey in February — she had 11 precancerous ovarian tumors — that Rhodes felt like trying to push for answers again. 'Seeing that really lit a fire under me,' Rhodes says, and it made her realize she needed to keep taking her own symptoms seriously. She made an appointment with another doctor who set her up with an ultrasound and performed a basic pelvic exam.

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