Hiclownscrytoo. My name is Anne,I'm English now a Canadian citizen living in BC. I am going to be 67 on your Thanksgiving and have had Fibro since I was 29yrs old. Mine came on within a few hrs of giving birth to my 4th and final child the onset was that fast. I do wonder if for me it's hereditary and my grandma and my mum suffered with Chronic pain too.I have been suffering since my mid 50's with Osteoarthritis too throughout my body. I worked as a Psych nurse till I was 58yrs old then the muscle spasms from the arthrits in my spine made it so I couldn't get through 12hr shifts and certainly not with unpredictable patients that any Psych unit has to deal with.I also had had joint replacement in both thumbs which my dominant hand didn't go so well so drawing up and giving injections became impossible. I start my day struggling to get out of bed due to the stiffness everywhere. It does take me a while to get going as I am usually quite dizzy for quiet a few minutes. I find throughout the day I subconsciously have to think about every movement from bending while I clean the house to just reaching into cupboards to get things down. Every night when I go to bed I have a mantra " will get up and move more/exercise more/stretch' but morning comes and I just keep putting it off and I know my muscles are losing strength because my knees suffer getting in my husbands truck or getting up out of a chair . Now I'm retired it's so easy to sit and just watch TV. I used to go to the gym when I was younger and it did help to keep me stronger but now I can't grip weights due to the arthritis in my hands and I feel stupid when I see 80 odd yr olds doing their routine. As I write this I think I sound so pathetic because I have nursed people like us who came to the unit with severe depression and I should be practicing what I preached to them. SO, I am going to get out and walk more ,I am going to get out and walk more,I am going to get out and walk more. I am going to tell myself and you what I told my patients 'Exercise is the best thing for pain' stay safe clownscrytoo.X