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Help I’m shrinking!

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Marydoll Fri 02-Nov-18 08:04:48

I have been shrinking for years, due to osteoporosis and vertebraic fractures. I was only 5ft2ins originally and I am now 5ft.
I hated being so short with to start with, but if this continues, there will soon be nothing left. grin.
I would be delighted to be 5ft6ins, tall and elegant.
It's all part of growing old. sad

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Willow500 Fri 02-Nov-18 07:32:29

I was measured yesterday but she gave me the details in metric so I've still no idea how tall I am!!

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cornergran Thu 01-Nov-18 23:20:31

Mr C has shrunk. Diagnosed with osteopaenia. On the other hand I am the same height as I have been for years but definitely wider hmm.

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MissAdventure Thu 01-Nov-18 23:18:09

Have you all been tested for osteoporosis?
I always understood that shrinking can be a sign of it.

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Nanna58 Thu 01-Nov-18 23:06:02

I too am shrinking- but only vertically- horizontal I’m getting wider. Life’s a bitch!!

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MiniMoon Thu 01-Nov-18 22:39:21

I was always 5' 4", now I'm 5 ' 3" . I'm shrinking too.

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fairisle Thu 01-Nov-18 20:01:50

I`ve shrunk too,i used to be 5ft 9,i`m now 5ft 7.

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Lynne59 Thu 01-Nov-18 19:52:58

It happens to us all. I used to be 5ft 2, but I've lost an inch. At least you're still fairly tall smile

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farview Thu 01-Nov-18 19:23:31

Yikes same here..was always 5'6"
Am now 5'4.5"....good things come in small packages ?

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Coppernob Thu 01-Nov-18 19:15:18

I’ve always been 5’8” since I stopped growing in my teens, or so I thought. Yesterday I had to go for a bone density scan before which I was weighed and measured. I couldn’t believe it when the technician said my height was just under 5’6”. I was so surprised that she measured me again but the result was still the same.

Where have 2 inches gone??

My eldest granddaughter thinks it’s hilarious that her Granny is shrinking and is threatening to start calling me Hobbit! I suppose there are worse things I could be called.

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