Beans and Arthritis

Partly, I blame myself for the pain arthritis inflicted to my mother last week. I cooked chili cor carne as part of our Media Noche and all the leftover food served as my parents’ viands for the following days.

Mom started complaining of pains around her neck and both shoulders and she knew right then and there it was her arthritis on attack. (She has rheumatoid arthritis.) She was also certain the culprit was the beans in the chili con carne, among other food she feasted on. Okay, next time I’ll be more careful with what I cook. Definitely no more legumes of any kind.

Good thing she’s okay now after taking some pain relievers. The funny thing about it is that her body responded well to the generic medicines over the branded ones. Looks like it knows that generic meds are cheaper and the kind daughter can save on money buying them.