I have decided to call it off

Edit Post

Quote from: TIBIKE200 on April 04, 2016, 07:16:59 AMIndeed it does. I said it in the end "near average, average and tall". He said I was one of the tallest patients he ever saw entering his office. Everything I have said on this forum regarding height was only from my perspective. I never said that people shorter than me should feel the same as me.

Ah, missed that last line.

Your response makes me wish I had asked my surgeon what height the tallest cosmetic patient of his was. 

Edit Post

I'm proud of you. Do yourself a favor and never come back to these forums again. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. I made the same decision has you did 4 years ago, and my mistake was coming back to the forums again, which fueled my desire for LL more.

Edit Post

good on you brother, you've made the right choice

Edit Post

Hallelujah! Congratulations and good luck.

Edit Post

OP, good for you. If you can get on with your life and live and be happy without this surgery, you have my utmost respect. I think you are 5'7" right? That's sort of a borderline height, but not sure I would have thought to do LL if I were 5'7" to start with (I was 166). I tried to not want to do this, but I was at a height where it was a virtual necessity. Now at 5'8", I feel much better, but the problem with this surgery is that it f*cks with your mind in a lot of ways. Once you "go there" and start treating height as a "changeable" thing, you start wanting more. I still believe I'd be fully satisfied at 5'9" and still want a second surgery...but I'm trying to at least enjoy the next year or so at my current height.


Like DIFM said, get off the forums. If you hang around here (I need to leave this forum too), you'll never shake this off your mind, and will eventually end up wanting LL all over again.

Good luck to you.

Edit Post

TIBIKE, have you maintained any of your yoga gains? We should still look for other methods to increase height. Even if it's just 1-3cm.

Edit Post

Quote from: TIBIKE200 on April 04, 2016, 07:05:27 AMCatagni called my mom this morning (We exchanged numbers after the consultation).

 To sum it up, he said to her that my decision was the wisest decision I could have, and that he just waited for me to arrive to it by myself because in the end he would have told me that he refuse to operate on me.
  Only LL surgeon that is not a salesman (which explains why he is not so well known around here even though he is the guy that brought this LL thing to the west from Russia), a true doctor. I applaud this man.

 A closing statemant before my definitive departure from this forum and height complex:

I am just going to quote what he told my mom on the phone. "Why the hell did he wanna put himself through that? He is completely normal and *alot of nice things about me*. This height complex is not because of height... It's something else. When one has negative feelings, it is easy to find something to blame for. Usually that thing is something physical. This height insecurity in men of his height (and even 165 and up) and up is just like anorexia in women. It's easy to blame height because it is the only physical charateristic that is measurable in numbers (unlike facial aesthetics or muscularity). Usually the pain comes from something else. The height gain won't solve anything because his height is not a problem. At the consultation I saw a man with high self esteem. If he would have been silent and super shy, I could understand that maybe there is a problem of self esteem and maybe this thing would help. But it was not the case for him."

So to all people of little below average to aeverage and tall, get a grip of yourselves.

This is me saying goodbye and good luck to all

So I'm clear here.  Was he calling for you and got your mom b/c you live with your mom?  Or you gave the Dr. your mom's # and signed a medical information release form (both perhaps as she was emergency contact/support) and after you canceled he felt like calling you mom to congratulate her?  Had he spoke with your mom previously or was he calling her for the first time to discuss how great you were and how great your decision to not have the surgery was?  How close was the doctor with your mom?  They talk weekly?

Ok, I started nicely and slipped into snarky, but I really find it hard to believe that the doctor called your mom to chat it up and celebrate your personal medical issues and decision.  It's not impossible at all, but it sounds bizarre to me.  I confess I want LL which likely biases my thinking. 

Edit Post

Quote from: EndGame on April 05, 2016, 03:49:58 AMSo I'm clear here.  Was he calling for you and got your mom b/c you live with your mom?  Or you gave the Dr. your mom's # and signed a medical information release form (both perhaps as she was emergency contact/support) and after you canceled he felt like calling you mom to congratulate her?  Had he spoke with your mom previously or was he calling her for the first time to discuss how great you were and how great your decision to not have the surgery was?  How close was the doctor with your mom?  They talk weekly?

Ok, I started nicely and slipped into snarky, but I really find it hard to believe that the doctor called your mom to chat it up and celebrate your personal medical issues and decision.  It's not impossible at all, but it sounds bizarre to me.  I confess I want LL which likely biases my thinking.

He is still in school. I guess Catagni considered his mom to be the actual decision maker and wanna confirm.

Edit Post

Oh, lol, guess he would be living with his parents then.  Thx.

Edit Post

TBike was never really enthusiastic about this LL thing. Even if he doesnt get LL he'll still probably still feel better that this LL exists. Funny thing is that once you realize height is a changeable thing it becomes less important.