Got an xray of my neck, now worried about arthristis

I've suffered from pain from my scoliosis all my life.  My dad, aunt, and grandma said just wait until you get arthritis.  Then you'll know what pain is really like.  Well turns out I have the beginnings of arthritis in my neck.  Now I'm terrified since I've been having neck pain.  (one of the reasons why my doctor wanted an xray.)  Not to get into age, but I'm in my 30's.  Now I just want to cry.

I'm already tired of being in pain all the time, now I have more to deal with.  I've changed my diet in my 20's and eat a lot healthier.  I try to exercise.  And keep up my doctor appointments.  I'm just so scared of how much more pain I'll be in.  

Other to note, turns out I have surgical pins that I didn't know about.  Why I didn't know about them is I was a kid at the time and my parents forgot about them.