Community Conversation => Transgender talk => Topic started by: Lisbeth on June 22, 2009, 03:35:26 PM Return to Full Version
Title: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: Lisbeth on June 22, 2009, 03:35:26 PM
Post by: Lisbeth on June 22, 2009, 03:35:26 PM
I went to the doctor today and the nurse measured my height. Then she says, "I'm confused. I measured you, and you were 5 feet 8 1/2 inches. In your chart it says the last time you were measured, you were 5 feet 10 inches." But wait, wait... I thought I was 5' 11". :o
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: FairyGirl on June 22, 2009, 03:53:24 PM
Post by: FairyGirl on June 22, 2009, 03:53:24 PM
I know that people are taller in the morning than in the evening, something about standing or sitting upright all day that compresses the little spaces between your vertabrae, up to several inches in fact. Anyway, good for you! I wouldn't mind shrinking a bit of height myself :)
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: heatherrose on June 22, 2009, 03:59:40 PM
Post by: heatherrose on June 22, 2009, 03:59:40 PM
Quote from: FairyGirl on June 22, 2009, 03:53:24 PMAnyway, good for you! I wouldn't mind shrinking a bit of height myself :)
As long as it has nothing to do with a bone density problem.
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: Lisbeth on June 22, 2009, 04:21:24 PM
Post by: Lisbeth on June 22, 2009, 04:21:24 PM
Quote from: heatherrose on June 22, 2009, 03:59:40 PM
As long as it has nothing to do with a bone density problem.
Amen!
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: FairyGirl on June 22, 2009, 04:24:14 PM
Post by: FairyGirl on June 22, 2009, 04:24:14 PM
well yeah, that :-\
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: PinkSunshine on June 22, 2009, 07:42:54 PM
Post by: PinkSunshine on June 22, 2009, 07:42:54 PM
You're exactly as tall as you need to be. ;)
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: Lisbeth on June 22, 2009, 11:51:40 PM
Post by: Lisbeth on June 22, 2009, 11:51:40 PM
Well... I'm exactly the same height as my ex-spouse, but she always insisted I was 6 feet.
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: Chloe on June 23, 2009, 06:50:08 AM
Post by: Chloe on June 23, 2009, 06:50:08 AM
Quote from: Lisbeth on June 22, 2009, 03:35:26 PM
I went to the doctor today and the nurse measured my height. Then she says, "I'm confused. I measured you,
This is a common urban legend here, we all know better, unless one is very old, 'retired', perhaps missing the bottom part of a few, couple of feet?
lol
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: Buffy on June 23, 2009, 11:27:59 AM
Post by: Buffy on June 23, 2009, 11:27:59 AM
I have always been to short for my weight.
I need to go get my height measured, I might have grown!
Buffy
I need to go get my height measured, I might have grown!
Buffy
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: Alyssa M. on June 23, 2009, 11:57:19 AM
Post by: Alyssa M. on June 23, 2009, 11:57:19 AM
It also depends up to an inch or so on how you are standing. With good posture you'll be an inch taller than if you slouch. You can crane your neck probably half an inch beyond that if you try.
The last time I was measured, I had bad posture (because of some awkwardness around how the measuring stand was set up) and the doctor insisted I don't crane my neck (when all I was trying to do was stand up straight and not slouch), so I "lost" an inch compared with every other measurement of my height since I was about 16.
2.5 inches seems like a lot, though, more than you could explain by posture alone.
The last time I was measured, I had bad posture (because of some awkwardness around how the measuring stand was set up) and the doctor insisted I don't crane my neck (when all I was trying to do was stand up straight and not slouch), so I "lost" an inch compared with every other measurement of my height since I was about 16.
2.5 inches seems like a lot, though, more than you could explain by posture alone.
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: Janet_Girl on June 23, 2009, 12:04:08 PM
Post by: Janet_Girl on June 23, 2009, 12:04:08 PM
I am the same height from the floor to the top of my head, as I am from the top of my head to the floor.
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Janet
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Janet
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: Eva Marie on June 23, 2009, 12:12:59 PM
Post by: Eva Marie on June 23, 2009, 12:12:59 PM
Quote from: Janet Lynn on June 23, 2009, 12:04:08 PM
I am the same height from the floor to the top of my head, as I am from the top of my head to the floor.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Janet
As long as your legs are long enough to reach the ground i'd say that you are tall enough :D
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: heatherrose on June 23, 2009, 12:40:06 PM
Post by: heatherrose on June 23, 2009, 12:40:06 PM
Quote from: riven_one on June 23, 2009, 12:12:59 PM
As long as your legs are long enough to reach the ground i'd say that you are tall enough :D
This is true but did you know,
that your arm span equals your height?
Didja, huh, didja?
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: Eva Marie on June 23, 2009, 03:46:27 PM
Post by: Eva Marie on June 23, 2009, 03:46:27 PM
Quote from: heatherrose on June 23, 2009, 12:40:06 PM
This is true but did you know,
that your arm span equals your height?
Didja, huh, didja?
LOL..... no I did not know that. I suppose that if you stick your arms out that would make you "square" :D
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: Jaimey on June 25, 2009, 07:06:40 PM
Post by: Jaimey on June 25, 2009, 07:06:40 PM
As for thinking you were 5'11", most people overestimate their height, so that might be a little of it...as for being shorter in your charts...??? I've got nothing. :D Congrats, though! (if you're happy about being shorter, that is :D)
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: heatherrose on June 25, 2009, 09:15:01 PM
Post by: heatherrose on June 25, 2009, 09:15:01 PM
Quote from: riven_one on June 23, 2009, 03:46:27 PM...if you stick your arms out that would make you "square" :D
I've been told I don't have to "stick my arms out".
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: Genevieve Swann on June 25, 2009, 09:26:17 PM
Post by: Genevieve Swann on June 25, 2009, 09:26:17 PM
Obviously someone made a mistake on the chart or something. People become shorter with age but it takes time. Myself, I'm out of the closet and too tall to fit in there anymore.
Title: Re: So Just How Tall Am I?
Post by: heatherrose on June 25, 2009, 10:29:44 PM
Post by: heatherrose on June 25, 2009, 10:29:44 PM
Quote from: Genevieve Swann on June 25, 2009, 09:26:17 PMI'm out of the closet and too tall to fit in there anymore.
That's GREAT! :icon_geekdance: :icon_tenisclap: :icon_geekdance:
NOW, don't try to fit yourself into a box.
Boxes are stuffy, dark, ill-fitting and are
usually made by someone else.
Labels are more portable but
they cover part of your beauty.