Quote from: ShortyMcShort on November 27, 2014, 11:04:27 AMMums will be mums, sorry about that.
I'll be staying in India for the whole process to avoid this as people tend to come over our place frequently
Did you tell her and the rest of your family to keep it a secret? This is one of the reasons why I wont be telling my family why Im going to India, will let them know when they pick me up at the airport and see me in a wheelchair lol. I would imagine my mother to be the exact replica of yours, she has a habit of telling her friends random things too.
How did the daughter react when she saw you again knowing you lied earlier? Did she say anything?
I'd also like to ask regarding the hotel you stayed at, I read about most of the things you had to say but if you were to go back for your femurs and did it in India would you stay there again? Was the vegetarian food ok? What about the staff? Were they ok with you being disabled and staying in your room all the time? Did they ask questions regarding the frame?
I plan on staying there too if they give me the same discount
Thanks
Out of the three people I told about it the only one who said anything to anyone else was my mom. She swore up and down that she wouldn't say anything to anyone and then last night in the car her friend's daughter says "That sucks you have to wear those for so long, I wish I was taller too". When she and my sister had gone into the store for a bit I pressed my mom for information and then she admitted how many people she told about it. I didn't realize that she was such a huge gossip. It's amazing that I can trust a friend from school with this information more than I could trust my own mother. Anyway, I'm not too upset about it because I was prepared for the possibility that it might be found out by some people, but I'd rather have had them figure it out on their own instead of finding out my mom betrayed my trust like that.
Hotel Maharana was cool. I never got hot because of the big ceiling fan and powerful air conditioner, and the HDTV on the wall was pretty big. Not all the staff spoke English but there were three managers there and one or two people who brought food in that knew English pretty well. But they were all helpful with getting me to Dr Parihar's clinic and helping me back in my room. The only things that were irritating were the step leading into the bathroom that made getting in there by walking difficult (I found it easier just to scoot into it on the floor) and the elevator was a little small so it took a lot of experimentation to fit inside it on the wheelchair. Vegetarian menu had some pretty good items. The tawa mushroom and naan was great. If you get tired of veg food though they have a non-veg section on the menu and you can get those meals within minutes because they order them from a hotel right next door. If I went back for another round of lengthening I might look for another hotel just so I could experience a new setting for the months required, but I wouldn't mind staying there again based on my experience the first time around.
Quote from: Hallijah on November 27, 2014, 01:39:04 PMRule 1 of LL: you do not talk about LL
I don't think I would have been able to keep it a secret from my parents anyway because of how I ended up having to do the bank transfer into Dr Parihar's account. I don't think I could trust anyone else to go on a joint account with me and transfer a large sum of money without taking any of it. In hindsight I could have just told my stepfather and I would have been better off.
Quote from: SAD on November 27, 2014, 02:07:40 PMah dude! you should have made it crystal clear to your mom about this!
that's what I'll do. Tell my family again and again and again and again and again and again to NOT tell anyone.
That's what I did and only the guys I told listened. It seems like women are more inclined to spill out a secret because they get together and talk for hours about all sorts of things.
Quote from: 123 on November 27, 2014, 06:56:13 PMWell this sucks major balls. That's why shouldn't tell anybody. Now you will be known as the crazy guy who broke his legs to get taller.
Yep. Though it's primarily people I don't even see or talk to that know about it. At least all the people I hang out with and see often are oblivious to my current situation.
