Am I shrinking, or is everything else getting bigger?

It is true, I used to be 6'8", now I'm only 6'1"

Originally Posted by Rune

It's just a ploy the companys have to flatter you into buying their clothes. It's called oversizing, I think. It's quite common in the states as far as I know...

ahhhhhhhhh.......... that would explain going from a 48" waist down to a 34"

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

apparently every night while you sleep, you stretch by a couple of inches.

T'is true.

IIRC, it's because of the fluid returning to your spine, and the soft squishy discs between the bones returning to their normal shape when not under the weight of your body.

Whilst you're awake, and not laying flat on your back, the same squishy discs are, erm, squished.

Two of mine have a hole in them, which mean if I don't drink enough fluids, the bones in my spine start rubbing together (because all the fluid "leaks out"), with the possibility of trapping a nerve in the process. Wohoo!

Perhaps you should mark your height against a wall & keep checking bi-annually?

Being a member of the wonky knee gang, your height may fluctuate if you forget which leg you're standing straight on!

;o)

Originally Posted by Baph

Two of mine have a hole in them, which mean if I don't drink enough fluids, the bones in my spine start rubbing together (because all the fluid "leaks out"), with the possibility of trapping a nerve in the process. Wohoo!

Baph - EUGH!

Originally Posted by Kinvig

Baph - EUGH!

Oh it gets better.

Every now & again I have to have an appointment at the local hospital for them to draw the fluid out of my spinal area, as if it's left it causes untold problems to my innards.

I can have the bones fused, and the discs removed, which would solve that part of the problem, but I'd also loose mobility (apparently up to 5degrees, which is a hell of a lot in your spine), and the operation itself carries a high risk of paralysis from the waist down, and medium risk of quadripalegia.

The benefits of not having the operation outweigh the risks of having it, and not having it leaves me parapalegic at a predicted 40years old.

And that's only the half of it.

Eek 6'8" to 6'1"!!! There's hope for me to be average height yet then

K: Watch out you don't topple over with your shrinking feet

Originally Posted by K

Cool - so if I manage to get my left leg to so to sleep will it wake up the same length as my right one? That would be handy.

I can actually compare my old pair of cheapass Tesco Jeans that were a size 10 (two years ago) and really comfy... but have now died a death - so I go and replace them with another pair of cheapass Tesco Jeans = now a size 8 and a bit baggy.


*sigh* I may as well face it - I'm shrinking and going to end my life as that mad old crone living in a shoe.

buggar thats why im putting on weight - Im getting all the stuff your misplacing K. or maybe its the chocolate lol

Originally Posted by kitkat

or maybe its the chocolate lol

kitkats, perchance???!

Oh god...so I've got getting shorter to look forward to...maybe I should have bought myself a minimoto, might get my feet down then lol