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Can you smell what the BB is cookin??

2023-01-14T22:26:00.001-08:00

It's been a great week for me so far. I've been extremely busy, but things are going well for me. I did a photoshoot for a poster this weekend. I got to work with a photographer that I've been wanting to work with but never had the chance to. He had an interesting style. He asked me to repeat different things back to him throughout the shoot. Sort of like when you are posing for a photo and the photographer asks you to say, "Cheese!". I wasn't sure what he was doing at first so I refused to play the game. You usually aren't supposed to talk while shooting or your photos will look weird, like you were in mid-sentence with your eyes rolling back into your head. But the photographer kept on me and explained that he does it to try to get different expressions out of the models he works with. I thought about it and I guess it could work if he is quick enough to catch the right moment in time. I'm anxious to see how that worked out. That is why it is always fun working with new people. You can learn something new every day.

I have another shoot coming up this week so I've been busy doing all the things that I have to do to prepare for being in front of the camera with a whole bunch of confidence. I've been doing a lot of working out, tanning (Mystic), and eating right.

I've really been enjoying my new kitchen. There is so much room to prepare dishes. I love it!

And since I've been eating all healthy, I thought that I would share a great low-fat gourmet recipe that I came across recently...

Asian Chicken Burgers with Wasabi Ketchup Serves 4 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 10-12 minutes

1 pound ground chicken (or you can use ground turkey)

1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 teaspoon reduced-sodium soy sauce

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Cooking spray

4 tablespoons ketchup

1 teaspoon wasabi paste

4 whole-wheat rolls

1 small red onion, sliced

1. In a large bowl, combine first 7 ingredients well. Shape mixture into 4 patties, each about 1 inch thick. 2. Coat a large grill pan (the George Foreman Grill works great!)or griddle with cooking spray and set pan over medium heat. When pan is hot, add burgers and cook 5-6 minutes per side until cooked through. 3. Meanwhile, mix ketchup and wasabi paste well in a small bowl. 4. Place burgers on whole wheat rolls (or wrap with lettuce for a lower carb alternative) and top with ketchup mixture. Garnish with cilantro and red onion slices.

Nutritional Information per serving (1 burger with 1 tablespoon of wasabi ketchup): 261 calories, fat 9 g; 2.3 g saturated, carbs 27 g, protein 18 g, 4 g fiber, 57 mg calcium, 1.4 mg iron, 792 mg sodium

Enjoy that recipe and let me know if you end up trying it. I did and I'm hooked! I am fiending it right now just typing the recipe up for you guys.

I've got an important business meeting tonite. If everything goes well tonite, I will be making a big announcement soon that you guys will be stoked about! Wish me luck and stay tuned!

XoXoX, BB

Hot Blood Sundae Update

2023-01-14T21:55:00.000-08:00

Woohoo! I have three movies out right now. They are for sale at Amazon.com, Walmart.com (it's not in the Walmart stores though), Suncoast, FYE, Netflix, Blockbuster, etc. but here's a link where you can buy it online. There are two different versions of my movie so if you are a true Bobbi fan, you should really get both. I'd love to hear which edit you like better so please send me a comment to let me know. And don't forget that my other movie is out as well. I have several funny scenes in Ryan & Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure. It has been the number one independent film on iTunes for many weeks so check it out too. XoXoX, BB

Bobbi Billard - Augmented Reality... The Truth About Breast Implants and Breast Implant Illness

2019-03-25T01:58:00.001-07:00

Bobbi Billard… Now New & Improved + Breast Implant Free © Roger Talley (https://lvphotog.com/)

My name is Bobbi Billard. I am an Interior Designer, Model and Actress. You may have just read about me in the recent international press about my decision to explant my breast implants featured on Fox News, The Sun, The Daily Mail, and more than 50 international news websites.

Model had breast implants removed after she says body began rejecting them
WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTO BELOW A model who has had nine breast augmentations has had to have her implants removed after…www.foxnews.com

Model has DD implants removed because they 'made her ill'
Bobbi Billard, 43, reduced her breast size to a B-cup from a DD in the surgery She said her implants had left her…www.dailymail.co.uk

Model's boobs swell up as body begins 'forcing her 9th breast implants out of her chest'
A MODEL who has had nine boob jobs has had to have her implants removed after one started "forcing" itself out of her…www.thesun.co.uk

I was born in Austin, Texas, spent most of my childhood growing up in Southern California (Orange County), and currently reside in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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For more than 20 years, the method at which I made money required me to look a certain way. By no means am I complaining, as my career has afforded me the ability to make a good living, buy real estate, invest and save for my retirement but unfortunately, this has come at a cost.

Ever since I was a young girl, I always knew that I wanted to model. At the age of four, I was already striking poses and hamming it up for the camera.

Me at the Age of Four… Already Striking Poses

For much of my childhood I was bullied and it had a traumatic impact on me. The ‘mean girls’ had a great desire to tear me down, which resulted in me feeling as though there was something wrong with me and that I was inferior.
At a young age I was called names like ‘bullet boobs” and “monkey lips” and unfortunately, in the late 80’s and early 90’s, it wasn’t the time that natural, big lips were in fashion. In short, I never really felt that I fit in. My mom would tell me not to worry and that my full lips would one day be on the cover of magazines. Little did she realize her words would be quite prophetic.

I started modeling at the age of 12. My parents thought that maybe modeling school would improve my self-esteem. When you are teased so much, sometimes you start to believe the insults because so much of your self image comes from the feedback that you receive from others. If all you hear is negative, then you start to think something is wrong with you. The camera was the perfect outlet for me. I was an outcast amongst the kids at school but the camera loved me and success was my best revenge, motivating me to do something positive.

In 1993, I was 18 years of age, and people like Pamela Anderson were the icons of the day. I decided I would take control of my adulthood, prove the naysayers wrong and take the modeling world by storm.

I underwent what would become my first of nine breast augmentations in one breast and ten in the other (due to a seroma complication). With the exception of my first procedure, every time I had surgery, I developed capsular contracture in only of my breast implants, causing asymmetry. This happened consistently within a year or two of each of my surgeries. While this might sound crazy to some, this is commonplace to many women who get breast augmentation surgery (which has been acknowledged by the FDA).

I went on to appear in publications such as Playboy, Esquire, Muscular
Development, Muscle Mag, and FHM to name a few. I was in a Super Bowl commercial for Diet Dr. Pepper, had a brief stint as a professional wrestler for WOW Women of Wrestling and WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) and featured television, music video and movie roles.

One of the movies I starred in

My Role on WOW Women of Wrestling as Summer of the Beach Patrol

As I reflect back to this time, it seems obvious that I should have taken my implants out, based on all of the ongoing complications. However, the reality was, I didn’t because I made my living based upon how I looked. So I kept getting augmentations, which equated to slapping a band-aid on this recurring problem. I finally got to a point where my body couldn’t take it anymore.

My issues began late last summer when I started to suspect something was wrong with one of my breast implants because it was red and felt warm to the touch. I visited my doctor who ordered blood tests. Unfortunately, that did not yield any substantive answers and I was told my blood work was “the healthiest they’d seen in the past month”.

Regardless of receiving this bill of good health, deep down inside, I knew something was wrong. I am very in tune with my body and something did not feel right. I continued to go about my normal day to day activities, hoping that whatever was going on would resolve itself. I did not feel ill or have pain but this mystery infection or auto immune response that I was experiencing was about to kick things up a notch, to a point where nobody could deny that something was indeed very wrong.

Fast forward to January, I began noticing that there was even more prominent redness than before. My breast was again warm to the touch and now there was swelling. It appeared as if this infection/immune response was trying to force my implant out through my skin along my scar line. I went back to my doctor who now acknowledged what I was trying to show him previously and prescribed an antibiotic.

My Breast Implants Tried to Force Its Way Out of My Skin

Figuring that I was going to need yet another surgery to fix my breasts, I consulted one of the top revision plastic surgeons who told me that the antibiotic I was prescribed would not fix my problem and instead, my left breast needed to be drained immediately and the implants needed to come out. I scheduled to have my implants removed at their next soonest availability the following week.

Upon draining my breast, the surgeon said my implant was sitting against my skin and he was lucky he didn’t cut my implant open when he cut me because there wasn’t any tissue protecting it. He sewed me up but somehow my suture re-opened again the following day. I was then left with what looked like a gunshot wound.

After Draining My Implant

Four days away from my explant surgery, I put on a breathable waterproof bandage so that I could take a shower and not have to worry about keeping my wound dry since my implant was exposed. I continued to leave the bandage on for two days, while I waited to explant, but then I started to feel really ill. I felt like I had a fever and was nauseous. I couldn’t eat. My heart was racing and I was getting the chills. I felt weak and exhausted. Whatever this mystery infection was, it did not like being sealed up. I removed the bandage to see what was going on and yellow colored liquid came spilling out. I continued to feel awful until the day before my surgery. I still don’t know what the infection is/was. The blood work for anaerobic and aerobic bacteria has come back as “no-growth” twice without any specificity relating to the infection.

Through a friend, who was having problems with her breast implants and ended up having surgery to remove them, I was invited into a support group on Facebook called Breast Implant Illness and Healing by Nicole — with 70,000 members experiencing the same physical and emotional toll, I don’t feel so alone.

It was there that I learned many women were having various health problems with their breast implants and “explanting” was touted as one of the best ways to solve issues that your implants may be causing you. Through the group, I learned that it was best to request an enbloc capsulectomy to prevent silicone, other chemicals, and bacteria from leaking into your body during surgery so I asked my surgeon to perform an enbloc. I wanted everything out of my body that could potentially harm me.

On February 1st, 2019, I underwent surgery to explant my breast implants. This meant removing my Mentor Memory Gel 650cc silicone (gummy bear) implants. In a few short hours I went from a DD to a B cup. My surgeon performed the Enbloc procedure to my encapsulated breast, but my surgeon could not do anything to the mystery infection breast because I was told it was “mush” inside there. A subtotal capsulectomy was performed on that side instead.

After Explanting My Breast Implants

While the recovery and plan to rejuvenate my breasts is a work in progress, for the first time in 43 years of age, I am happier, wiser and on the road to being the healthiest I have ever been. It is important to note that even after my bad experience with breast augmentation surgery, I am not against breast implants or plastic surgery, as long as it is done after being fully informed about the risks of what one is taking on.

Lady Liberty © Roger Talley (https://lvphotog.com/)

I believe the FDA should be focused on four areas to help women here and now:

1) implant degradation information
2) technology solutions
3) allergy testing
4) risks and signs of ALCL cancer

Unfortunately, I don’t think women are being told about the potential dangers of getting implants. Women should be warned that implants degrade over time and because of that, breast surgery requires maintenance at least every ten years to replace them. Therefore, having implants is more like a lifestyle. You can compare it to car ownership. Sure you could purchase, not do any maintenance, and it could very well last you a long time before it inevitably falls apart. But if you’re not regularly looking under the hood, you may oblivious to what’s going on inside there. If you’re willing to sign on for all the maintenance that having breast implants entails, then more power to you.

Just be informed that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends breast implant recipients receive MRI screening for silent rupture 3 years after receiving your implants and every 2 years after that. I cannot recall one plastic surgeon telling me this in any of my 9 total breast augmentation surgeries — nor was a post card or email reminder ever sent, like when you have a future appointment. Since surgeons aren’t commonly doing this, you need to take an active role in keeping track of the status of these devices you are placing inside your body. Also, be aware that it doesn’t necessarily take an implant to rupture in order for it to cause problems (gel bleed).

With many new breast implant manufacturers integrating and having plans to integrate RFID chips inside the implants, it seems incredulous that these devices have not developed technology that can warn if a rupture has occurred. If pacemakers can communicate device problems to the outside world, then why haven’t the breast implant makers adopted similar technology?

Also, patients should be informed and warned that chemicals and neurotoxins are used to make breast implants and people could be allergic to these ingredients. Women need to understand this and decide if they still want implants put into their body. Allergy testing could be a smart protocol the FDA imposes on all medical professionals who conduct this procedure.

Chemicals & Neurotoxins Contained in Breast Implants

Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, women should also be warned about the signs and potential to get BIA-ALCL which is a rare form of cancer of your immune system that is found in women with implants.

On February 7, 2019, the FDA reported 457 additional cases of cancer linked to breast implants and issued a warning letter to those in the medical field of the association between breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Over time, a fibrous scar called a capsule develops around the implant, separating it from the rest of the breast. In patients with breast implants, reported cases of BIA-ALCL were found adjacent to the implant itself and contained within the fibrous capsule.

I still have not learned what my condition was or what caused it. As a result we do not know if the antibiotics I was prescribed were ones that could fight whatever this unknown mystery infection or immune response is. I still have an open hole in one of my breasts and fluid continues to come out of that hole. In my other breast, I’ve been dealing with a repeated seroma complication.
As I begin to heal, I continue to research more and more about breast implant illness. The medical community (specifically those associated with a financial benefit from implant procedures), consistently deny any connection to an illness or even cancer (even if it is a rare few). Instead, much to my dismay, women are labeled by doctors as crazy and being told its all in their head.

It’s important to point out that the plastic surgeon I had chosen to explant does not believe in breast implant illness either. They too believe it’s all in people’s mind. Yet, there isn’t a clear explanation as to what caused this in me. Even with a growing number of studies that are in direct contrast to this, most plastic surgeons continue to vehemently deny (when asked) if breast implants break down, do not think they represent toxicity to ones body and won’t admit
that breast implant illness or any illness associated exists. It seems as the implant manufacturers and some plastic surgeons who perform breast augmentation surgeries are as protective as tobacco companies once were about the danger of cigarettes.

I’m perplexed by denials that implants can cause problems in a small portion of women. Scientists claim that our plastic water bottles can leach chemicals into water, then I don’t think it’s that much of a stretch that implants can do the same inside our bodies (gel bleed). You are putting a foreign, chemically laden, object inside your body right next to your heart and lungs. What could possibly go wrong?

Some of the Breast Implant Illness (BII) symptoms I had experienced prior to explanting include headaches, lack of energy (always tired), dark circles and burning, itching eyes, chronic neck and back pain, joint pain, brain fog, memory loss, anxiety, hair loss/thinning, thinning of breast tissue and skin, unexplained weight gain, light sensitivity, oral thrush, hormone imbalances,
clogged Eustachian tube (only my right ear), and nipple discharge.

Breast Implant Illness Symptoms

The first thing I noticed after my explant is that my back and neck pain was instantly better. I felt much lighter on my feet without having the weight of the implants to carry around all the time. As far as my breast implant illness symptoms being resolved, I haven’t had any headaches and I feel like I have more energy. My eyes don’t itch or burn as much. I feel as if I’m thinking more
clearly. I am hopeful the rest of the symptoms on my list resolve themselves over time.

I wanted to share my story in the hopes that it may help someone. If I’m able to help one person, it will be worth it. Perhaps someone considering getting breast implants will reconsider, or someone who has been feeling sick, that hadn’t heard of this before, will finally learn about the possibility that they may be experiencing breast implant illness.

I’m not going to lie, my breasts do not look pretty compared to a lot of the after pics I have seen. Right now they resemble shriveled raisins. If not for my sense of humor and support system, I could easily have become seriously depressed. Up until this event, so much of my life had me feeling like my breasts defined me to some extent. I have gone from a Playboy model to my new “less is more” look, which I am learning to love and embrace. I have successfully surprised all of my friends and loved ones on my immediate support team with how well I have been taking things. Right now it’s all about my health, healing and recovery. Part of my journey has taken me to realize that a body part doesn’t define me. My actions define me.

Finally, I am not the person who believes implants should be made illegal or taken off the market. As part of my road and path to recovery, I have not ruled out fat transfer or a lift in the future.

On March 25–26, 2019, the FDA plans to convene a meeting to discuss the benefit-risks involving breast implants. I am hopeful that FDA will recognize previous reports from their agency and the World Health Organization and will take some actions. More independent studies, that aren’t funded by manufacturers of implants, that track women who are experiencing these breast implant illness symptoms should be done. The fact is a significant
percentage of people who have had breast augmentations are not only getting a rare form of cancer, but, an increasing number of people who have had breast augmentations are experiencing unexplainable illnesses’ that the medical community has largely rebuffed as psychological.

https://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/productsandmedicalprocedures/implantsandprosthetics/breastimplants/default.htm
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/doctors-patients-raise-alarms-about-cancer-linked-breast-implants-n940181
http://fortune.com/2018/11/27/fda-breast-implants-alcl-rare-cancer-lymphoma/
http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/127/20/2375

Moving forward, I plan to use my platform to bring awareness and help people find solutions. The more people that come forward and speak out about this will make it easier for many women who live in the shadows of what is sadly considered to be a psychological issue in their head.

Additional Source Data
Feb 7, 2019- FDA reports additional cases of cancer linked to breast implants
Feb 6, 2019- Doctors Launch Task Force Into Breast Implant Illness
https://apple.news/AhUQabqt4QAGscUOdwAtOtw
Sept 2019- Largest-Ever Study Shows Silicone Breast Implants Associated with Rare Diseases
https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/largest-ever-study-shows-silicone-breast-implants-associated-with-rare-diseases.h00-159227301.html
Nov 2018-The A, B and C’s of Silicone Breast Implants: Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, Biofilm and Capsular Contracture
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6316940/
Oct 2018- Silicone Breast Implants Linked to Number of Complications, but FDA Critical of Study
https://www.breastcancer.org/research-news/silicone-implants-linked-to-complications
Pilot Study of Association of Bacteria on Breast Implants with Capsular Contracture
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681843/
Video Testimony Jae Chun to FDA- Sept 9, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QowrmaDy4uA&feature=youtu.be
Breast Implant Illnesss- February 1, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3sdJ4GQT4I&feature=youtu.be&t=248&fbclid=IwAR2YqsfstsiS6WFULzJn7XECjEuL2lydBJ1REOPF_tnufqkYyf3jd6zK6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3sdJ4GQT4I&feature=youtu.be&t=248

https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/fda-to-launch-scientific-review-implant-biocompatibility-following-patient-reactions-to

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/19/health/breast-implants-fda-illness.html

https://www.philly.com/health/breast-implants-cancer-lymphoma-fda-hearings-20190322.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6830583/FDA-issues-warning-letters-breast-implant-manufacturers-days-hearing.html

CBS 5 Investigates: Chemist claims breast implants make some women sick- Jan 31, 2018
https://www.azfamily.com/cbs-investigates-chemist-claims-breast-implants-make-some-women-sick/article_89d997a4-bdf9–11e8–9954-6fcbd53a8bc5.html
Dr Pierre Blais
• implants prone to infection
• form capsule not stable
• scar tissue develops around all implants which is how the body protects itself from foreign objects
• as the capsules age the outside builds up getting thicker while the insides whats next to the implant breaks down and rots
• capsules acts as a barrier and it keeps the implant stagnant so the area around the implant becomes populated with micro organisms
• no one tracks the number of women who are sick
Study in the Netherlands Journal of Medicine tracked women with unexplained illnesses who had their implants removed. A majority reported
improvements in their health.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b8ce/b8d35c4d7d9aa890348020f137e1fa5dc86d.pdf
Risk of Breast Implants FDA
https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/ImplantsandProsthetics/BreastImplants/ucm064106.htm
Breast Implants: The Ticking Time Bomb In Millions Of Women’s Bodies
https://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/10/21/breast-implants-the-ticking-time-bomb-in-millions-of-womens-bodies/
“They do not last. They rupture. And the longer they’re in the body the more likely they are to rupture. The statistics are kind of scary, because around
about 50 percent are ruptured by 10 years. And when it gets to 15 to 20 years you’re looking at almost 90 percent of implants that are ruptured. What is most worrisome is that while most of the silicone is contained within the capsule, some of it leaks out, we don’t know where it goes, we don’t
know what it does, we have no idea.” – Dr. Ed Melmed, board certified plastic surgeon

Each year in the United States approximately 300,000 women and teenagers undergo breast augmentation. It’s thought that the total number of implants carried out each year worldwide is anywhere between 5 to 10 million.
Mentor Breast Implants
https://www.breastimplantsbymentor.com/breast-implants/silicone-memorygel

Model's £75,000 DD breast implants started trying to break out
A model who spent over £75,000 on nine boob jobs has had her implants removed after she claims they tried to break free…metro.co.uk

Model Removes $100,000 Implants After They Started 'Forcing' Themselves 'Out Of Her Chest'
A former Playboy model has been forced to remove her $100,000 breast implants after they began "forcing" themselves…vt.co

I Quit Smoking & You Can Too!

2009-06-04T11:17:00.001-07:00

I Quit Smoking Cigarettes On July 22nd, 2008! Woohoo! Wish me luck! :)

I wrote that sentence above almost one year ago. And guess what! I am STILL a non-smoker to this day. I cannot believe it! I finally was able to quit for good.

This USED to be ME but...
I Quit Smoking Cigarettes On July 22nd, 2008! Woohoo! Wish me luck! :)

I wrote that sentence almost one year ago & guess what! I am still a non smoker to this day. I can't believe it! I finally was able to quit for good & the desire is gone. Sayonara! Good riddance!

I started smoking when I was 17. I knew better than to start smoking. We were taught in school that it was bad for you. Unfortunately, I tried clove cigarettes thinking I was so cool. I didn't know that cloves had nicotine in them & were just as addictive as cigarettes. I mean, my mom had cloves in her spice rack in the kitchen. I thought it was just a spice. Stupid me didn't realize what I was doing to myself & before long it was too late & I was already hooked on nicotine. I ended up switching over to regular cigarettes since the cloves were always hard to find (especially when I ran out. It was easier to bum a Marlboro over a Djarum) & the rest is history. Most of the time I was a smoker I hated it & was actively trying to quit. I quit for a year once when I was on the tv show WOW Women of Wrestling but went back to it after a few drinks one night celebrating our first wrestling match. I thought I could just smoke one or be the type of smoker that only smoked when she drank. I couldn't have been more wrong!

I tried almost every method to quit smoking: Nicorette Gum, the patch, Wellbutrin, Freedom Laser, hypnosis, & cold turkey. Chantix was the only thing that put me in the mindset that I have now. I must say if you need help with quitting, Chantix (Champix in Europe) really works! Best stuff I ever took to help me quit. I highly recommend it.

I know now that even one cigarette puff would be detrimental to all the work that I have put in so far & I'm not willing to go back to square one again. Not to mention, there are so many benefit to quitting. I was an asthmatic but now I don't have problems with that anymore. Plus, I have a little dog that probably would have gotten cancer from second hand smoke had I continued. This is the single best thing I've ever done for my health, my family, & the people/animal that I love. If you need help with quitting smoking, add me as a friend on Community.Become An EX.com and I will be your quit buddy. Let me know if you need support with your decision to stop quit by posting a comment for me. I will be here for you.

Smoking = Epic FAIL!

Great News! :)

2004-09-09T09:44:00.000-07:00

Remember how I said that my luck is going to change for the better? Damn my intuition is good! *Pats self on the back* I flew out to San Antonio, Texas yesterday for my follow-up appointment with Dr. Youngblood. He said that I am healing very nicely. I told him that I had stopped taking my pain killers well over a week ago. I think they were suprised by that too. The BMP (Bone Morphenogenic Protein) is growing and I am looking more and more solid. Yay! So guess what! He told me that I can drive now, just not in rush hour traffic. That's great news to me because I'm super independent and I hate asking my friends for favors! Now I can get to the gym every day, etc., etc. Also, I'm allowed to start weaning myself off of wearing the neck brace. I'm really happy about that too because this news was unexpected. I thought that I had almost a full month left wearing my soft collar brace 24/7 and I had no clue when I would be able to drive again. Regardless of all of this new freedom I have been allowed, I think that I'm still going to take it easy. I'm pretty sure that that is one of the reasons why I have been healing so quickly. I have been very patient through all of this because I want to make sure I heal properly. It's very important to me. Plus, I think that quitting the pain killers early on was beneficial. I've heard that they slow down your healing process so I tried to get off of them as soon as I could. Anyway, I'm pondering places to go now that I can drive again. Today I'm thinking about going to get a massage with my friend Brandi. Brandi was my best friend from grade school on. We lost track of each other when we were 18 years old but she was able to find me again online and we were able to reconnect. I'm looking forward to having a spa day, because after that trip to San Antonio, I really need a good massage! That trip out there was brutal this time around! Usually it's a bit of a tough day, but not too bad. I normally wake up at the crack of dawn and go to the airport. Then I fly out there, see the doctor, then turn around and fly back home again. Unfortunately, there aren't any direct flights out there so I make 2 stops each way. I'm not sure if I'm more sensitive now because of the surgery and the fact that I am still healing and not taking any pain killers, or what, but some of the landings were pretty harsh for me. One was practically a crash landing! I wasn't the only person tripping out. The people in the plane all started cursing when we landed as we bounced several times on the runway. And the pilot got on the loudspeaker and acknowledged that that was definitely not his best landing of all time. I was tempted to go bodyslam him for putting me through that. Three out of four of my landings were jarring experiences for me with that one that I mentioned being the worst out of all of them. I know that I will get better in time though and hopefully won't keep feeling extra sensitive to all the stuff that I used to do without any problems before. XoXoX, Bobbi B.

WWE is coming through...

2004-07-14T16:08:00.002-07:00

As you all know, I've still been waiting to get my surgery. Here's the hold up. I've been confused by the various appointments that I have had so far. One doctor wanted to go in through the back of my neck (but they say it is riskier and might not necessarily fix my problem), the other doctors wanted to go in through the front and do a 2 level fusion (which requires 6 months - a year recovery time). I have heard a lot of good things about Dr. Youngblood and I was hoping that he would give me the final say-so on my surgery. He's supposed to be the best of the best so I trust his opinion. Well... I've been waiting to get in to see him and I got the call today that WWE is sending me out to see Youngblood on the 22nd for a consultation. Yay! I have an appointment and am finally moving forward on my road to recovery. Thank you WWE for coming through for me! :) XoXoX, Bobbi B.

The Latest & Greatest

2001-01-09T05:29:00.001-08:00

YAY! I heard from several people that my commercial for Diet Dr. Pepper is out and that I made the final cut. Its about time! I have been waiting for it to air for like 8 months. I was scared that I hadn't made the final edit or that they had decided to not run it. The commercial is pretty cool. We did a spoof on Baywatch only ours was called Green Bay Watch as in Green Bay, Wisconsin. So we are wearing the red bathing suits and snow boots... I wish I could see it though. I haven't had the chance to catch it on tv. I suppose I am going to have to watch football to catch it but I'll post it here for you guys once I manage to track it down.