had a severe car accident in 1984 and was told that I would have arthritis like problems later in life--i thought they meant when i was old,,not at the age of 35 which is how old i was when i was diagnosed with FMS.I was a nurse, and i still am but this DX turned my whole life upside down and 15 years later I'm still dealing with it and all the problems that come with it.The Start of the symptoms was what I thought was a flu-only the Flu wouldn't go away.