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Posted on Jun 30, 2016, 11:47 pm
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I'm sharing/reflecting I don't expect a reply, reassurance or validation but I’m going to be honest because I think this forum desrves honesty: it is such a valuable thing for short people considering lengthening. Also, hardly any older people do this yet I am older. So, here is a slightly different perspective: I’m quite scared. I handed in my notice & quit my pension scheme & I’m having panic attacks because all was accepted and so now I’m leaving a job where I had respect & status (deserved, or not) since 1988. People I love/like/respect told me I should stay. They don’t know the reason I’m quitting is because I want to lengthen and I will not tell them. They would be horrified.  Even so, they have already replaced me (fair enough). So, I jumped & now the current has taken me & I have lost control…  this is not easy. Sorry. I don’t ventilate usually but this is why this forum is so great because I can, amongst peers who know where I am coming from… this is a really big step but just the first of many changes. I'm glad I can get this off my chest without being judged++ I might delete this after a few days if it seems naff when I re-read it. Surely other people must have felt this?

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Posted on Jul 1, 2016, 5:25 am
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Thx guys. Things seem better after sleeping on it. 
Eyes on the prize...
Salameh in Oct, CCMidwest.

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Posted on Jul 1, 2016, 2:52 pm
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I'm not actually finishing until sept 6th. I have given notice to quit in order to retire to get my occupational pension. I work in the UK NHS. The process takes three months. I will get a lump sum. That's how I will pay for the LL. I'll start working again when I've recovered.

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Posted on Jul 3, 2016, 4:22 pm
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I'm 56 years young Ghostfish... & I've still got my own teeth!

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Posted on Jul 3, 2016, 7:52 pm
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Which other European expert would you be referring to? Also, I recovered a lot quicker than some of the twenty-to-thirty somethings that I rehabilitated with in the "cruciate club" after I had my my ruptured anterior cruciate ligament repaired aged 47yrs old. Us older folks know what recovery from surgery is... I've done it quite a few times & I know many young folks who struggle to get fillings carried out on their dental caries... without wishing to be ageist, of course...

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Posted on Jul 4, 2016, 5:26 am
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theuprising, I'm a UK family Doctor (a GP). There's a national shortage of GP's in the UK. Work offers won't be an issue

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Posted on Jul 4, 2016, 5:28 am
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Ghostfish, it is 5cm - unless things are going really well & then it is 5.5cms

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Posted on Jul 4, 2016, 9:02 pm
#8

It was written before I new anything. Never got round to changing it. Anyway, nothing is set in stone, it depends on circumstances

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Posted on Jul 5, 2016, 5:19 am
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Oh Dear, Thx, Bigfaker, I think... another, 'yikes' moment for me.
Sorry you had such a bad time of it & wishing everything settles down for you

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Posted on Jul 6, 2016, 3:29 pm
#10

Yeah UB40, Bigfaker is OK. His input is legit & welcome.

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