Hi wren
Welcome and make yourself at home, join in , as we all share in our sjoggie journey together.
It is true we all have diverse issues and at different degrees of time and levels of intensity.
I am 53, well in one month I will be 54, so lets just say 54. Was DX March of 07 and it only took about 4 months to receive my DX. It came about in the form of swollen parotid glands.
I really have not had to much trouble with my parotids since then, although I now have encountered the dry eyes and mouth. Over all I am slow with my progression with minimal muscle or joint pain. Bouts of fatigue and brain fog with the fatigue, I think those two hold hands.

I say all this so that newbies understand to not always think the worst. I did think the worst in my early processing, and it just stressed my issues worse.
There are others your age here also.

Ask many question and search out all the information you can gather.

Join in and share your journey with your sjoggie family here.
blessings kimbo
Keep your own personal Journal and records of lab test, dates and treatments, ect. to help your Dr. and give him the awareness you are your own advocate and are taking responsibility to staying alert and aware with him.