oldcrow
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Post by oldcrow on Apr 23, 2016 22:52:03 GMT
Are you sure? When was the last time you had your height measured?
I had my height measured last Monday and I was 5'7". Okay, except I am supposed to be 5'10". I have been 5'10" since 9th grade or so I thought.
I really can't remember the last time I was measured. I am very careful about my posture, when you are tall you are careful of that.
Had a bone density done on Friday and will get the results after Tuesday. I know we all lose height as we age but I think 3" is a lot.
Anyone else have this happen to you?
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kate
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Post by kate on Apr 23, 2016 22:54:40 GMT
5'8" and I haven't been measured for awhile. Hmm.
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Post by myboysnme on Apr 23, 2016 22:55:04 GMT
5'2". When I was a young adult I was 5'3 3/4"
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 23, 2016 22:55:52 GMT
5'9
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Post by padresfan619 on Apr 23, 2016 22:56:00 GMT
I'm 5'7" and was last measured in October.
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Post by salem on Apr 23, 2016 22:57:19 GMT
5' 2" on a good day.
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Post by birukitty on Apr 23, 2016 22:59:17 GMT
I'm 5 foot 3 inches. I was last measured 6 months ago. I used to be 5 foot 3.5 inches. I was shocked when it came out to only 5 foot, 3 inches, but it had been quite a while in between measurements. I'll be 56 years old at the end of this month. Yes we do shrink as we get older.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by anxiousmom on Apr 23, 2016 23:10:49 GMT
That's what I tell people too. And what it says my driver's license. (but...shhhhh...don't tell anyone, but I am really closer to 5'1" and by closer I mean a shade under. )
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tuesdaysgone
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Apr 23, 2016 23:15:32 GMT
I'm 5' 5" but then again it's been ages since I was officially measured. DH used to be 6' 1" but I think he has shrunk a bit. He denies it, but I can see a difference when I look back to pictures when we were first married.
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Post by kellybelly77 on Apr 23, 2016 23:19:05 GMT
5'9 and I just measured last week. We measured me against my tween girls to see how much taller I was than them. My 14yo is 5'7 and my 11yo is 5'4. They may outgrow me! The dr thinks 14yo is about done growing. He pegged her between 5'7 and 5'8. He thinks the 11yo may reach 5'8 to 5'10.
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Post by mari on Apr 23, 2016 23:21:23 GMT
5'5"
I was measured recently, within the last 4-5 months.
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Post by Mary_K on Apr 23, 2016 23:23:11 GMT
5'5" & 1/4"
I was 5'6" when I graduated high school. 34 years later I've shrunk.
Mary K
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Post by Ramona on Apr 23, 2016 23:23:44 GMT
I'm 5'7". Last time was measured was probably 3 years ago.
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Post by AussieMeg on Apr 23, 2016 23:33:47 GMT
I'm 159cm tall (5'2½" in the old scale). It sounds much taller in metric! I measured myself recently when we were measuring the kids.
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moodyblue
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Post by moodyblue on Apr 23, 2016 23:35:32 GMT
I'm 5' 8.5" and was last measured in December. I'm 59, so haven't shrunk yet. Both my parents were 5' 8" and my dad was much shorter than that long before he died, and my mom has gotten shorter too.
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on Apr 23, 2016 23:36:17 GMT
I'm 5'10. I checked it a few weeks ago DH has shrunk a bit. He used to be slightly taller than me, and now I am slightly taller than him. He is very unimpressed.
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zella
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Post by zella on Apr 23, 2016 23:37:20 GMT
Well I was 5'4" or a little over. I haven't measured myself for a few years. I actually didn't finish growing until I was well into my twenties. At 16 I was only 5'1' or 5'2". I stayed that height for a while then grew again.
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Post by Tamhugh on Apr 23, 2016 23:39:36 GMT
I have measured at just under 5'5" since I was in 6th grade. I went to the doctor last week and she measured me at 5' 5 1/4". I asked her to do it again and she got the same number. She said that maybe my posture has improved and we both laughed. But why, at 50, am I suddenly measuring taller? (I was in my stocking feet)
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azredhead
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Post by azredhead on Apr 23, 2016 23:39:52 GMT
I'm 4'8"! I actually thought I was at least 4'11 but the dr had to update my chart and resmeasure me a few months ago. We were both shocked I was 4'8'' It's sort of my identity though. i'm known for it. My Dh is 5'9"'.
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Post by stampinbetsy on Apr 23, 2016 23:49:49 GMT
I'm 4'11", and that number came from the time I was in high school and told my dad that's how tall I was (which had probably come off of the fitness testing thing we did in PE). He didn't believe me, so he measured me. I think it's pretty close.
My parents have a friend who was maybe 5'1" and now she's shorter than I am - and it was very obvious to me when I saw her after many years that she was much shorter than she used to be.
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Post by KikiPea on Apr 23, 2016 23:52:57 GMT
I'm 5' 1". I have thought, for years, that I was 5' 2". I'm already short, then, someone comes and steals an inch! LOL The good thing is, I'm still taller than my mom, and that's all that matters. She's only 5' 1/2".
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Post by Karmady on Apr 23, 2016 23:57:55 GMT
I've been 5'7" since grade 11. I had a physical two years ago and she said that I was 5'7" 1/2. Not sure how that happened. I do stretch out my spine a lot LOL. Strange.
Dh is a bit shorter, maybe an inch or so. We haven't measure but I can tell when we stand close together. I'm 50 and he's 57.
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Post by cadoodlebug on Apr 24, 2016 0:00:03 GMT
When I had my bone density test I told them I was 5'4". She measured me at 5'3 1/2". I'm 68 so losing half an inch isn't too bad.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Apr 24, 2016 0:06:12 GMT
I am 152 cm or 5'1/4". My doctor's office can find the extra 1/4" but I don't think it's really there. I think I just reach 5' exactly. I wish I were taller. I would do anything to have been born tall! BFFs are all giants! It's just me who is so short. DS thinks he is about 5'10" but I think he is taller than that. He has also become skinny! (I think he doesn't eat enough still).
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Post by alexa11 on Apr 24, 2016 0:31:31 GMT
I used to be 5'2", but I know I've shrunk some. Haven't been measured recently. Too many crazy changes as I get older- not liking them at all!
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GiantsFan
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Post by GiantsFan on Apr 24, 2016 0:36:29 GMT
I get measured every year during my annual exam. I range between 5'2" and 5'3" without shoes.
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Post by ~KellyAnn~ on Apr 24, 2016 0:37:28 GMT
5'1" but I haven't measured in a long time. My ex is 6'tall and both of my kids, growing up, were obsessed with being taller than me. We had markings on a wall corner with their names and dates... both of them are a little over 5'8". That's tall for my dd, but my ds has always been a little sore that I (my genes) might have held him back from getting taller. LOL.
That, and the little handprints of the kids in concrete when we built a machine shed, are the two things I miss, but couldn't take, from the home when I divorced.
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Post by valleyview on Apr 24, 2016 0:39:36 GMT
5'4.5". I have had osteoporosis for years, but have not lost any height. I get measured regularly because of my bones.
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Post by annaintx on Apr 24, 2016 0:52:11 GMT
I used to be 5 11. I was measured several years ago and I'm down to 5' 9". I was SO UPSET. I think it's a combination of back surgery and age. But I'm not that old.
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gina
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Post by gina on Apr 24, 2016 0:53:45 GMT
5'6"
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