Bump and everyone else, too...
Your ideas are a lot like mine. I got fibro in 1979 when I was almost 39. They didn't know how to diagnose it then and I didn't have a diagnosis until 1983 which was 4 years of angst and I just thought I W's dying. I think the fibro went away last year (6-3-14) when I had one of my parathyroid removed and the other 3 good ones started working. The pain had been so bad. According to what I read my bones were bleeding inside.
Now I have rheumatoid arthritis mostly in my hands. I'm do happy that it didn't rear it's ugly head until now when I'm older. I feel so bad for any young person with rheumatoid