Keep getting shorter in height!

I was 5 feet 11.5 inches when I retired, but now I measure 5 feet 10.25 inches. I asked the nurse to try it on the other machine, but it was the same. My wife said she hasn’t noticed the difference. I told her she should get her height checked. She may have lost height also and that’s why she hasn’t noticed.
 
hollydolly said:
oooh how strange.. to see your spine curved though an X-ray from the front.. and not be able to see it from the back..
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Scoliosis. A person with scoliosis has a sideways curve to their spine. The curve is often S-shaped or C-shaped.

I didn't say you couldn't see it from the back. I was just trying to say that the curvature is sideways instead of being straight vertically.

It's never caused me any inconvenience and only because I was x-rayed for some other reason was it discovered.
 
OldFeller said:
Scoliosis. A person with scoliosis has a sideways curve to their spine. The curve is often S-shaped or C-shaped.

I didn't say you couldn't see it from the back. I was just trying to say that the curvature is sideways instead of being straight vertically.

It's never caused me any inconvenience and only because I was x-rayed for some other reason was it discovered.
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yes I know about Scoliosis , Princes Eugenie has it...
 
Michael Z said:
The way to combat this is regular exercise like jogging or walking. If we are immobile we lose bone density. See the article below on how young healthy astronauts lost bone density while in zero gravity, despite their best efforts.

Six months in space leads to a decade's worth of long-term bone loss
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I think part of my loss in height is due TO exercise! I've been hard on my body and still am, the constant stress of hard work and exercise can be felt in most of my joints including my spine.
 
Pepper said:
Lost 3 & 3/4 inches and praying I don't get shorter or I'll be in four foot territory and don't like that one bit!
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I am right there with you on that, @Pepper ! I have never been tall, but I was a few inches taller than my daughter, who is barely 5 feet tall. The last time she was here, she looked me right in the eye and told me that she was now as tall as I was. We measured my height, and it is true, I am now only 5 feet tall also.
I had noticed that it was getting harder for me to get in the 4x4 truck, but thought it was just because i was getting older, not shorter !
 
JustBonee said:
I know what you mean .... every time any of my family (kids, grandkids) come over to visit, I keep looking up higher and higher at them.
I didn't realize I had a family of giants ..... even the youngest grandkids are taller than me.
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Right! My son is just a tad under 6' and 220lbs., when I see a picture of us together I look so tiny.
 
C50 said:
Right! My son is just a tad under 6' and 220lbs., when I see a picture of us together I look so tiny.
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..and yet in your avatar you look like a big guy. I know we generally can't tell height from a picture, but most people who are tall have long necks
 

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