Fibromyalgia Community

I was having a really bad day on Monday. I needed my cane it was so bad (for the first time in a couple of months). I only needed it to do major waling because there were issues with my legs and lower back and the pressure points in those areas.
Due to car issues at my parents my dad is using my mom's car, which is what I use when my husband is at work (Like he was Monday). My dad had the car at the local laundry mat 2 blocks away. I needed the car so I decided to meet him there. I waited until he was almost done before walking down there.
On my way I passed the area where the news papers are collected by the people who do routes. One was a little old couple picking up the papers for their grandson who had the route but was in school. The little old lady looked at me as I passed, with my cane, and said "you're too young for that". I responded with "tell that to the stupid teenager who t-boned my truck eight months ago". I was well off the cane and had my fibro mostly under control before the accident. Now the fibro is so far out of control everyday seems like I was just diagnosed yesterday and I have other symptoms that indicate further damage done to the spine, nerves, and other soft tissue areas of the back, thus affecting my limbs. This lady felt that because I looked young that I didn't need a cane. She didn't know me or anything about me.
It really irritates me when I am out in public using some sort of support to get around and people tell me to stop because I am not in the right age range for it. My insurance won't pay for lyrica on the grounds that I am "not old enough for the diagnosis so it must be something else". I have medicade so I am limited anyway, but they won't cover lyrica for anyone under 40 because that is the youngest age they will accept a diagnosis of fibro from a doctor for any medicine. They give me pain meds for it that they say are treating severe osteo-arthritis to get me the relief I need in the first place. Why is everyone so willing to associate a problem with age. If a disease like cancer can effect people of all ages why is it so hard to accept the idea that a non-life threatening but really painful one like fibro can too, particularly with other issues making it worse.