"IT" Is Osteoarthritis
My grandmother and her sisters had it, my mother has it and now, I have it . "IT" is Osteoarthritis...a common joint degenerative disease that has been handed down to the women and to a lesser extent, also to the men from my mother's side of the family. It's not as if I have not been forewarned. I've had occasional knee aches and pains for the last 25 years which had not really gotten worse until maybe 5 years ago, but even then, the pain would be bearable and go away in a day or two. Then a month ago I attended this seminar in MetroManila where from the airport I got caught in traffic for almost four hours. Added to that, I was sitting for long hours during the next three days. Limited mobility, overweight, no exercise and a history of crackling knees is a recipe for disaster...well, okay so I am exaggerating a bit, but hey, I am just a few more years short of retirement age and painful joints run in the family. I knew it wa...