Kinda heartbroken. This changes things.

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Yesterday I made my first post about not wanting to go over 6.5cm increase on my femurs because I wanted to stay safe and was fine as long as I hit the 5’9 mark. I thought I was 169.5cm and today at the doctors office, I was told I was 167.4. I’m not sure how accurate those measurements are but using my device at home, I measure at 169. Not sure how I feel because I don’t know if this surgery is worth doing if I don’t hit 175.3cm yet i’m sure I don’t want to go over 6.5cm. Not sure what to do or how to feel. Anyone ever been in this position have any advice/words for me?

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6cms taller is still 6cms taller. What kind of way of thinking os this lol... You really believe 170+ guys have it the same as a 167 guy?

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No i don’t think so. As a matter of fact, I don’t even have it hard at all. I’ve always just thought 5’9 was my dream height and will now have to rethink things if i can’t reach it safely. How accurate are those measurement things because every-time i’ve used a tape rule on the wall, it’s been 169.5 but whenever I use a stadiometer at the gym, it fluctuates, i’ve even had as low as 165 before.

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Unfortunately, this is what you get when you're obsessed with numbers.

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No matter if you are 165, 167 or 169, 6cm will undoubtedly change you. Don't be obsessed with numbers.

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Okay. Thank you. I’ll look ahead.

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Sorry to belabor the point here but you are you and 6.5 cm on an x-ray is 6.5 cm added to your height, whatever it is.  Nobody will see what's on your driver's license.  And people lie about that anyway.

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thanks!
think i’m just going through the motions as a newbie.

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False alarm, the doctor just told me that their device is off by about 2cm but this is a really good lesson for me not to care about numbers honestly. Thank you guys for setting me straight.

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Quote from: alf6cm on June 23, 2023, 03:59:16 PMFalse alarm, the doctor just told me that their device is off by about 2cm but this is a really good lesson for me not to care about numbers honestly. Thank you guys for setting me straight.

Good thing to hear. My case was the total opposite. I visited this endocrinologist in my teen years due to my GH deficiency and he always said I was making great progress but in reality I was 5cm shorter than what he reported. He actually did that to people like me to not lose customers.
Pretty sad