I've shrunk

[Accy cyclist]

I went for a bone scan yesterday. They took my weight and measured my height. What weight and height are you?,asked the nurse doing the scan. Oh about 10.5 stone and 6 foot 1 inch i replied. You're not 6 ft 1" she told me. You're 5 foot 11 and a half inches! My heart sank. Surely it can't be right. I said to her. It's very accurate she replied. As soon as i got home i stood against the door with a book on my head and marked it with a pin. I measured it and saw 5ft 11"!! I haven't been under 6 foot since i was about 16.
Have any of you shrunk a bit?

 

[jefmcg]

Not yet (I don't think), but my mum lost 10-20% of her height by the time she reached 80.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Not yet (I don't think), but my mum lost 10-20% of her height by the time she reached 80.

Get yourself measured. You might be in for a surprise.

 

[jefmcg]

Get yourself measured. You might be in for a surprise.

To what end? I don't need to know. I'm not doing it just to make you feel better.

(because I lived in a different country from my mum, there was a shock at each annual visit as we used to vary by an inch or so, but it became closer to a head)

 

[Accy cyclist]

To what end? I don't need to know. I'm not doing it just to make you feel better.

Knowing what your height is will not make me feel better in the slightest.

 

[jefmcg]

Knowing what your height is will not make me feel better in the slightest.

Ok, then. You post on CC asking if it had happened to anyone else because - you didn't want support?

OK. Then why did you create this thread?

Edit: "OK" is apparently my word of the day.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Ok, then. You post on CC asking if it had happened to anyone else because - you didn't want support?

OK. Then why did you create this thread?

Edit: "OK" is apparently my word of the day.

Lighten up! It's supposed to be a light hearted thread. I'm not asking for support.If i was i'd have posted this in https://www.cyclechat.net/forums/personal-matters.172/ I'm having a laugh at myself for getting upset over a couple of inches.

 

[ColinJ]

You've just had a hip operation - maybe that affected the length of your leg!

 

[Accy cyclist]

You've just had a hip operation - maybe that affected the length of your leg!

Yes i thought about that. Though the left leg wasn't affected so i don't think it'd make a difference?

 

[PeteXXX]

Were you measured late afternoon? You shrink a bit during the day as your intervertebral discs compress.
Or maybe you were just leaning on your wonky side?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I was always told that after a certain age you began to shrink, I haven't measured my height for ages, hopefully I'm still five foot six.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Were you measured late afternoon? You shrink a bit during the day as your intervertebral discs compress.
Or maybe you were just leaning on your wonky side?

I was measured at 4 o clock, so maybe?

 

[PeteXXX]

I was measured at 4 o clock, so maybe?

There's your answer!

 

[raleighnut]

Same here @Accy cyclist I was over 6' until my late 40s-early 50s, now 5'-11 1/2"

 

[Milkfloat]

I was always told that after a certain age you began to shrink, I haven't measured my height for ages, hopefully I'm still five foot six.

Sorry to disappoint you Dave, you are not.