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12-03-2009 #41Originally Posted by Floyd R
Bone loss (can be caused by endocrine issues, another reason to get regular blood work). Osteoporosis weakens your bones and eventually your spine starts to get cracks which can take away height
Muscle loss (from HRT). After starting hrt some people will lose some of the muscle mass & bulk their body has, which might make someone lose a slight amount of height.
Both can also happen just from aging, one of my grandmothers was 6'4 when she was my age (northern European genes, I am lucky I didn't end up taller than I am) but today she's actually close to what I am (I'm 5'10 normally) because her bone loss has taken enough bone density away from her spine that she can't stand straight up like she used to. You know how some old people are somewhat hunched forward? That's basically what can happen. Also makes your bones more likely to break when you get hurt or fall, that's why old people break hips so easy.
And maybe its easier to withdraw from life
With all of its misery and wretched lies
If we're dead when tomorrow's gone
The Big Machine will just move on
Still we cling afraid we'll fall
Clinging like the memory which haunts us all
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12-03-2009 #42
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Originally Posted by TsVanessa69
AMEN MAMI!!!!
LONG LIVE MANOLO'S & LONG LIVE TALL BEAUTIFUL AMAZONIAN GODDESSES LIKE US!!!!!
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12-03-2009 #43
you look amazing holly storm i'll consider myself very lucky if i can look even half as good as u
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12-03-2009 #44Originally Posted by Hollystorm
When you are in puberty, there is a window of time during which your hormones tells your body how to develop, so being exposed to testosterone during this time will tend to make someone taller than someone exposed to estrogen during this time. When XY GG's are tall it's usually because of endocrine irregularities (like naturally higher than typical testosterone levels).
During this time frame you can alter what happens by tinkering with things like hormones & diet. Nutrition plays an important role, the better someone's diet is the more likely they are to be taller. If someone during this time does not have good access to nutrition, it can stunt their growth (which is partly why height varies from country to country, industrial countries have easier access to nutrition than some parts of the starving 3rd world). There have been stories of girls with bad eating disorders who literally starved themselves during puberty to such an extreme that it kept them from having a normal puberty, then as they aged that window closed, and as a result it permanently stunted their growth.
Once that window closes, for many things it closes for good or nearly so (that's why it's so rare for trans people to get fully developed breasts from HRT alone, naturally getting to a tanner stage 5 is pretty rare in trans people even if they start in their late teens/early 20s, likewise for getting female hips, ribs, etc.). For FtM's, once that window is over they cannot grow taller (like an XY GB would during puberty) by taking testosterone. They could be the typical height of a guy, but only if they take testosterone throughout puberty before that window closes; which isn't usually allowed because testosterone access is controlled more strictly than estrogen is (since it's abused by athletes and taken recreationally).
And maybe its easier to withdraw from life
With all of its misery and wretched lies
If we're dead when tomorrow's gone
The Big Machine will just move on
Still we cling afraid we'll fall
Clinging like the memory which haunts us all
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12-03-2009 #45
I AGREE WITH YOU ALL I SOMETIME WISH I WA SHORT BUT THEN I LOOK AT MY BODY AND IF I WAS ILL WOULD BE FAT AND OUT OF SHAPE IM 212 BUT LOOK 190 SOLID AT 5 11 BUT MY LEGS ARE SHORT AND MY TORSO IS LONG SO I DONT LOOK EXTREMELY TALL BUT TALL IS GOOD U DO LOOK FOR STATUQUES AS THE OTHER LADY SAY EMBRASS BEING TALL 5 111 AND BEYOND
I ALSO HAS ALMOST NO BODY FAT THANKS TO BEING TALL
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12-03-2009 #46Originally Posted by Ts CinthyaNY
but im doing my best to be content and happy with myself more petite more cute more passability and not too much attention in public
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12-03-2009 #47Originally Posted by lisaparadise
Sounds good to me...I am honored to have you as a friend.
You are right, being older has its advantages.
Have a good night & take care.
Thanks, Carissa
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12-03-2009 #48
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Great thread, wonderful responses from everyone.
And it's true that no matter what your height you need to be comfortable
in your own skin.
When I was first transitioning I was somewhat self-conscious about my
height, as well as a lot of little things that might trouble us.
Of all the things that I've done transition wise, surgeries, etc., the best
has been becoming self confident and not being insecure in myself as a
person, or woman.
I wear heels from time to time, not as much as I did when I was younger.
I don't wear them as much because of my arches and my feet, but I truly
love being tall.
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12-03-2009 #49
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Originally Posted by DeliaTS
Okay, US perhaps but i'm still in EU (Europe), Belgium to be correct!
xoxo Kirsten
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12-04-2009 #50