I'm an 18 year old who is 5'9 who lives in the Netherlands, and y'all changed my mind about LL thanks to all the horror stories and stuff. I'm glad I can look back on posts that we're dated back in 2014 and even earlier. 5'9 isnt so bad compared to people who are 5'5, not that 5'9 is the same as 6'0 but you get what I'm trying to say. So thank y'all for this!
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Hey V,
I would strongly consider that the advances in technology are somewhat exponential. What wasn't even feasible a couple of years ago, is now essentially magic. Albeit costly. I, like you, have been scouring these forums. I would urge you to consider Stryde-diearies in isolation to the other diaries, as it seems as though the outcomes are very skewed compared to the people getting external surgery done in places such as Russian and India. Also consider the lengths (Excuse the pun) that the horror stories come from, which are almost always 6cm+ for people who really can't withstand it.
Just my 0.02, best of luck!
I've read alot of diaries about LL, what fascinates me is how blinded people get because they see that there is a way to not be 'short' anymore but they dont realise the repurcussions sadly...
I would never encourage someone to get LL. Glad that you changed your mind. It's a personal choice, and I highly respect you for accepting yourself. It's a good mentality to be thankful for what you have, I'm thankful I wasn't born with a missing limb or down syndrome but rather completely healthy with the only thing "different" is being short- which I'd rather have over some major actual physical complication.
Yeah, good decision. Although LL improved my life, I wish I could've been mentally strong enough to start living my life without it.
Quote from: ghkid2019 on June 01, 2020, 12:44:22 PM It's a good mentality to be thankful for what you have,
I am not agree.
Thankful? I will never give thanks for something that I don't like (such a short body). Other people have a good body, me not.
Also, I cannot give thanks, because nobody gave me my body.
Disliking your own body is not mental illness, it's just that you prefer to be taller.
Are tall people who like to be tall mental illness? Why do you say that of people who are short and like to be tall?
Having your own tastes is not mental illness, adapting your body to them is not mental illness.
Please, stop talking about mental illness/good mentality, because having your own personality is not wrong.
Think that giving a bad image about CLL is not helping people who have to do it, think that some of us would have to explain it to our families, and telling that it is "bad mentality" is not helpful.
Being so insecure about yourself that you feel the need to tower over 90% of other people just to be happy is a bad mentality.
Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on June 01, 2020, 11:48:49 PMBeing so insecure about yourself that you feel the need to tower over 90% of other people just to be happy is a bad mentality.
I agree, it means that you need other people to accept you so that you can accept yourself instead it should be the other way around.
Bro im very happy that u changed ur mind about getting LL you’re in a pretty decent height I would do anything to be on ur shoes but please don’t say things like u need to accept urself because you don’t know how sad it is to be 5’4 as a man in this miserable world we live in today , where people no matter what always find things to judge you so being 5’4 is a pretty ty situation to be on and you’re never gonna know how it is and how it feels it’s hard to get over it so being given the chance to change it once and forever its like a gift from god
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