1/2 inch taller?

Renren
on 8/16/16 9:54 am

VSG on 12/02/15

I went for a bone density test and mammogram yesterday. They measured my height. I've always measured 5'2". But I measured 5'2.5". Maybe without the extra weight I can stand up a little straighter? Anyone else have this happen?

5'2.5" Surgery date/ 12-02-15 Dr.Valentine Boise ID

Highest:289 SW/212 CW 122

Goal/125-130

Goal reached at 10 months

jenorama
on 8/16/16 10:56 am - CA

RNY on 10/07/13

I did! I'd always thought I was 5' 6.5", but the last time they measured my height they said I was 5' 7"! Woot!

Jen

diane S.
on 8/16/16 11:59 am

VSG on 11/17/09

me too. I had lost half an inch - I think due to being weighted down with fat but got it back after losing weight. My surgeon just thinks I am walking taller with confidence but I know the truth. diane s

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Grim_Traveller
on 8/16/16 12:16 pm

RNY on 08/21/12

Gravity is a relentless *****

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

Donna L.
on 8/16/16 1:36 pm - Chicago, IL

Revision on 02/19/18

My PT told me the disks in the spine expand as we lose weight. When we are obese, the weight compresses the spinal disks. Losing weight causes this to be relieved. I am about a 1/3 an inch taller than I was last June.

I follow a ketogenic diet post-op. I also have a diagnosis of binge eating disorder. Feel free to ask me about either!

It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much...the life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. -- Seneca, On the Shortness of Life