Meaningless shit that goes through my head while perusing social media... Part 3: time for the WK

It's been too long.

The problem with doing a "meaningless shit" post this is you have to actually engage in social media, even if only passively. Back when I did Part 1 (nothing compares to the original) and Part 2 (going gif crazy) I had time to burn because I was in a tremendous amount of pain and spent a ton of time just hanging out...miserable...trying to somehow entertain myself.

Since recovering from my surgery I've been far more active. Pain-free is the way to be, baby. Add in summer vacation and bunch of kids, my level of engagement in social media has taken a nosedive. Except Instagram. I'm not wasting my time with hate-reading (not judging you if that's your thing), but even some of my preferred sites have been getting on my nerves, and right now I find myself with a moment to comment.

Get ready, folks. The unimaginable is about to happen. In this episode, I'll be white knighting for...


STFUMama:  I don't read this blog anymore. First of all, I can't relate. Also, her vomitatious concoctions were over the top and I started to feel played. (Yes, I made up the word "vomitatious"...go tell Weird Al and slap me with a WordCrimes fine). On a couple of sites I do visit I've seen a few repetitive themes concerning STFU STUFT.

• The buttnasty-looking food pics.
• The immense quantity of exercise.
• Going against doctors' orders.

Points one and two are well-taken, but the way she is blasted on point three is ill-informed. She has hip dysplasia. So do I. There are varying degrees of dysplasia and a variety of ways in which this condition manifests itself. The bottom line with it is this: your hip joints are going to most likely wear out faster than someone who doesn't have dysplasia.

All the running she does isn't necessarily hastening her journey to hip replacement or crippledness. (yes, I made up that word, too). And all the cross-training and stability work and strength exercises she does may very well be extending the length of time she can remain active with her own hip joints. She purports to follow an anti-inflammatory diet (though the QuestBars and ArticZero and some of the other shit has me shaking my head) and takes supplements believed to reduce inflammation. Additionally, she had prolotherapy injections...which are now being seriously looked at by even my stodgy health plan as a way of treating joint issues that still have hope (unlike mine). So she's done and is doing all the recommended things to prolong her joints' pain-free functionality and stave off arthritis.

AND...did her doctor tell her, in fact, to NOT run??? He told her she may not be meant to be a long distance runner. Not a recommendation that she not run but more an observation that distance running may cause her some problems.

A lot of people have hip dysplasia. A lot of runners have it. Most don't find out until something hurts. Doing stability and strength work helps keep that ball in the socket. When something gets out of whack is usually when the problems arise. My left hip is clearly dysplastic but shows no arthritis. The right is a nightmare.

I suffered from hip pain for 12 years...at first intermittent but eventually constant. I had no idea why. I didn't run from 2001 until 2010. In 2010, after three years of PT and strengthening and stability work, I was able to start running again. I worked up (too quickly) to running a few half marathons and a couple of distance relays. Massage therapy and a great chiropractor kept things feeling "runnable." I backed off on mileage (from <20 miles a week to 10) and cross-trained a ton. When my little bit of residual pain just wouldn't go away, I finally went in for the above x-ray.

When I found out I had severe osteoarthritis in my right hip due to congenital hip dysplasia, my orthopedic surgeon (not a witch doctor/chiro/PT/acupuncturist/soothsayer...but a conservative WESTERN MEDICINE M.D.) told me I could run as much as I wanted...let my level of pain and my willingness/ability to cope dictate my level of activity. He was even interested in prescribing pain medication. In fact, I was told that arthritis LIKES motion, and if running wasn't causing too much pain then to go ahead and run. I panicked and stopped running, thinking I could postpone the death sentence that I thought would be surgery. Stopping made it worse.

Maybe I've said all of this before. And for sure this post is starting to go in circles.

TLDR: she's an idiot for eating stuff that looks like a variety of shits with ejaculate sauce and she is destroying her health by exercising 14 hours a day, BUT based on the information we've been given, running isn't going to "ruin" her hips...she was born with "ruined" hips.

Run, Kristin! Run! while you can.

So yeah...meaningless shit. No one really cares.

What should I write about next? 

1. The how to handle labral surgery the right way vs. the wrong way?
2. Karmic retribution on people who roll their eyes at the mere mention of food intolerances?
3. How meaningless it is to be in or on the cover of a magazine?