Barb
I have it since your age and I am now 49. Many of my friends have it.The one problem was caffeine, which made them hurt, so I cut that out of my diet. The 2nd problem is salt as you said because that retains water which makes them sore.I heard,but I am not sure, that caffeine breaks down into salt . The other thing was mamograms, it just made the x-ray harder to read so I request a doctor to be there to read it carefully when I have a mammo.In this way I did not have to keep going back for another x-ray. I have had no problems. I outgrew the pain and can now have caffeine twice a day.Good Luck.