Feb-13-2011, 05:09 AM (UTC)
(This post was last modified: Feb-13-2011, 05:16 AM (UTC) by Farseer.)
I said the same thing (!!!), and have been thinking it ever since! 
I feel liked I've been robbed, or worse, Forged!!
It seems to be true and I can't explain it. The last time I measured myself in October, I was still the same height of 164cm that I had been for my whole adult life and am now only measuring at 161cm (even after frantic, multiple, subsequent remeasures, at varying times of the day...though thanks for the tip, 'thul beings
).
I was having a whinge about it to a friend, who is at least a decade older than I, and she was unsurprised. The same thing had apparently happened to both her and her husband, and many others that she knew. I'm still trying to decide if that made me feel better or not!
A little net surfing has resulted in my finding that height loss as we age is quite normal though not inevitable (going on the info provided, of course). Some studies have shown that it tends to begin around age thirty and then accelerates with age, with both men and women being affected. On average, men lose a total of 3cm while women lose 5cm as they seem to lose it at a greater rate.
Of course, a significant and/or rapid height loss could be attributed to something such as osteoporosis. Some also attribute it to body mass -the greater your mass the more height you lose.
I highly doubt that I would have osteoporosis as I consume more than my fair share of milk and dairy products each day, and our bore (artesian) water also contains high levels of calcium. My posture is also still good (actually, my husband would tell you it's ramrod straight!
). I have certainly put on a few kgs over the last seven or eight years but I have remained well within a healthy weight range based on my BMI.
Still, I do have a couple of upper and lower herniated discs and these may well be contributing to the problem. A few years ago I was given the option to operate but made the decision to withstand the pain and not do anything about them until my daughter was older (as per my doctor's advice regarding potential problems with the upper-most disc). Looks like I may have to book another visit just to keep an eye on things, and to off-set all of this self-diagnosing!!!
Fair dinkum, here I am sharing my medical woes with you all...possibly more evidence of my aging!
I feel liked I've been robbed, or worse, Forged!!It seems to be true and I can't explain it. The last time I measured myself in October, I was still the same height of 164cm that I had been for my whole adult life and am now only measuring at 161cm (even after frantic, multiple, subsequent remeasures, at varying times of the day...though thanks for the tip, 'thul beings
).I was having a whinge about it to a friend, who is at least a decade older than I, and she was unsurprised. The same thing had apparently happened to both her and her husband, and many others that she knew. I'm still trying to decide if that made me feel better or not!
A little net surfing has resulted in my finding that height loss as we age is quite normal though not inevitable (going on the info provided, of course). Some studies have shown that it tends to begin around age thirty and then accelerates with age, with both men and women being affected. On average, men lose a total of 3cm while women lose 5cm as they seem to lose it at a greater rate.
Of course, a significant and/or rapid height loss could be attributed to something such as osteoporosis. Some also attribute it to body mass -the greater your mass the more height you lose.
I highly doubt that I would have osteoporosis as I consume more than my fair share of milk and dairy products each day, and our bore (artesian) water also contains high levels of calcium. My posture is also still good (actually, my husband would tell you it's ramrod straight!
). I have certainly put on a few kgs over the last seven or eight years but I have remained well within a healthy weight range based on my BMI.Still, I do have a couple of upper and lower herniated discs and these may well be contributing to the problem. A few years ago I was given the option to operate but made the decision to withstand the pain and not do anything about them until my daughter was older (as per my doctor's advice regarding potential problems with the upper-most disc). Looks like I may have to book another visit just to keep an eye on things, and to off-set all of this self-diagnosing!!!
Fair dinkum, here I am sharing my medical woes with you all...possibly more evidence of my aging!
"I am the Catalyst, and I came to change all things. Prophets become warriors, dragons hunt as wolves."
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