Betty Barratt:  

Life The picture of me now is was taken Feb 08 in South Lake Tahoe. Out of High School I went straight to Yuba College where I did get my Associates Degree and my main interest was Correctional Counseling. I worked 3 part time jobs in the field and to make that story shorter, I burned out, answered a Veterinary Receptionist Help Wanted ad, and poof, up until this past October of 07, I stayed in the business though moved up to management before taking a pause in this profession. My husband, Jim, stole me away from Northern Ca. I swore I would never live in Southern Ca, but goes to show what love can do to a person. We lived in Anaheim for many moons, but about 10 years ago settled into a town about 50 miles from the beach cities (Corona). My husband has 2 sons, the youngest is 22, married to an "older" woman of 26 who gave me 2 instant grandsons ages 2 & 4. The oldest son is going to be 32 this July (makes me sound very old). My biggest challenge in life right now is this pesky little affliction called Fibromyalgia. I live with it most days just fine. I've probably had it since way back when you guys knew me, but this past October 8, 07, it struck me down big time. Through the grace of God, I found treatment, though the medical community will tell you there reallly is no treatment short of Lyrica for the pain (did not work for me by the way). On Feb 18, 2008 I flew to Reno, transferred to South Lake Tahoe and stayed there for nearly 11 weeks while I was in intense treatment. I left there at an official 83% improvement, but to me felt like 100% and presently I'm just concentrating on healing and not undoing any of the work that was done on me there. Back in H.S. I had longer hair, very dark, and as soon as I left the nest, I cut it off. My hair is lighter and redder now. I had lasik eye surgery twice, so I have no need for glasses anymore, for the time being anyway. It's hard to sum up all of these decades. My interests are not very exciting but pleasing to me anyway. I like karaoke, sewing, crafts, reading, going out to the movies, all sedate things now that I look at it in writing. I am doing very low impact exercising for the time being. I'm getting ready to tackle the art of pain...Expand for more