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Dora67
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I am 9 or 10 cm shorter than my brother and had very very slow growth all my life. Im 163cm, at birth I was 1,5cm smaller than my brother but he had normal birth not premature. I think I only started growing normally after going glutenfree at 14 and a half I had voice break at 15 and got armpit hair at 16 l think. When my brother and I were 4 weeks old we were the same height, both 57cm, and I was 100g less then him, but after that he was always taller, even at like 4 months. But I don't think baby/child height correlates with adult height, because there are small children who grew to be tall. At birth I was 2,8kg and 49cm, my brother was 50,5 cm and like 3,2kg. And at age 3 till diagnosis of diabetes I was very skinny and had dark eyebags (but dark eyebags may be genetic because I think I also had them when I was like 1-2)
Doctors even considered giving me hgh but never did because my family was short and even though my growth was slow, l was still growing, which didnt make sense because LITERALLY I WAS GROWING 3CM A YEAR HOW THE FUCK IS THIS NORMAL. I saw a line on the door with my height and from age 13 to 13 and 7 months I grew only 1,5 cm. 1,5cm in 7 months (a 13 year old grows 1,5 cm in 7 months and doctor thinks its not essential to check for gh levels or start a hgh therapy. I bet she didn't give it because of me being a different race from her, and because it costs so much.
And now I most likely have some type of hypothyroidism, still not diagnosed, my doctor called my dad and said all my recent levels were normal but idk how this is possible if I had low ft4 hormones prior. I most probably still have them low, because I had them low at 15 and 17, maybe even before, and also I feel so tired and unmotivated all the time since I am 15, for example I cant study for a test unless its 1am in the same day I have the test, and the last time I did something productive was years ago. I also had brutally cold hands and feet all the time, which stopped once summer came, but not normal cold, I had to wear handshoes at HOME and was still cold, my parents wanted me to go to the doctor and were scared because of it, so no it wasnt normal cold hands. I will call my doctor and ask her about my recent levels. I had a bit hope that I might still grow a bit because of delayed puberty, but then I get a new problem, low ft4, which also has a high impact on height.
Dad: 170cm
Mom:150cm
Brother: 173cm (1year older than me, grew fast till 14, then stopped) hes 18 currently
Me:163cm and 17 year old
Iam planning on taking hgh and also some f4 hormones as hgh will lower ft4 and my ft4 is already low. Do you think doctors will prescribe hgh to me? Maybe my gh levels are already low because of my health conditions(diabetes and low ft could lower hgh)but maybe not. I live in germany so idk if my doctor would prescribe it. I can buy it msyelf too I think they wont prescribe.
@Osie
- diabetes since age 6 (average hba1c 7,5 since then, lowers igf1 because of high blood sugar and I had high blood sugar almost all the time)
- celiac diagnosed at 14(glutenfree since 14,5) Could stunt height a lot due to malnutrition, when your small intestine is damage it cant take up vitamins, I also had low vitamin d most of the time ( bit of under the range in recent test), but I dont think vitamin d stunts height a lot.
- low ft4(8,4pg/ml at age 17, normal range is 9,8-17, when i was 15 it was 9,1 pg/ml. currently normal tsh at 1, still not on ft hormones because my doctor doesnt know yet if i have hypothyroidism) So basically I had most probably had low ft4 since 14 or maybe even before. Not very low, but low. 3 months ago I had my ft4 at 8,4. Did new blood test to see if I actually have hypothyroism or the test before was inaccurate, but my bitch doctor didn't send them to me. I will call her and ask her.
- was also born 1 months premature (31 hours after water bag rupture, doctors had to give my mom a injection so she could give birth) I had frontal bossing and bowed legs at birth which could indicate rickets or russel silver syndrome, dont know if i had it, dont know if doctors tested it. Never took any vitamin pills and never eat a lot, had Delayed puberty, i believe (voice break at 15, armpit hair at 16). Rickets main symptome is stunted height.
I am 9 or 10 cm shorter than my brother and had very very slow growth all my life. Im 163cm, at birth I was 1,5cm smaller than my brother but he had normal birth not premature. I think I only started growing normally after going glutenfree at 14 and a half I had voice break at 15 and got armpit hair at 16 l think. When my brother and I were 4 weeks old we were the same height, both 57cm, and I was 100g less then him, but after that he was always taller, even at like 4 months. But I don't think baby/child height correlates with adult height, because there are small children who grew to be tall. At birth I was 2,8kg and 49cm, my brother was 50,5 cm and like 3,2kg. And at age 3 till diagnosis of diabetes I was very skinny and had dark eyebags (but dark eyebags may be genetic because I think I also had them when I was like 1-2)
Doctors even considered giving me hgh but never did because my family was short and even though my growth was slow, l was still growing, which didnt make sense because LITERALLY I WAS GROWING 3CM A YEAR HOW THE FUCK IS THIS NORMAL. I saw a line on the door with my height and from age 13 to 13 and 7 months I grew only 1,5 cm. 1,5cm in 7 months (a 13 year old grows 1,5 cm in 7 months and doctor thinks its not essential to check for gh levels or start a hgh therapy. I bet she didn't give it because of me being a different race from her, and because it costs so much.
And now I most likely have some type of hypothyroidism, still not diagnosed, my doctor called my dad and said all my recent levels were normal but idk how this is possible if I had low ft4 hormones prior. I most probably still have them low, because I had them low at 15 and 17, maybe even before, and also I feel so tired and unmotivated all the time since I am 15, for example I cant study for a test unless its 1am in the same day I have the test, and the last time I did something productive was years ago. I also had brutally cold hands and feet all the time, which stopped once summer came, but not normal cold, I had to wear handshoes at HOME and was still cold, my parents wanted me to go to the doctor and were scared because of it, so no it wasnt normal cold hands. I will call my doctor and ask her about my recent levels. I had a bit hope that I might still grow a bit because of delayed puberty, but then I get a new problem, low ft4, which also has a high impact on height.
Dad: 170cm
Mom:150cm
Brother: 173cm (1year older than me, grew fast till 14, then stopped) hes 18 currently
Me:163cm and 17 year old
Iam planning on taking hgh and also some f4 hormones as hgh will lower ft4 and my ft4 is already low. Do you think doctors will prescribe hgh to me? Maybe my gh levels are already low because of my health conditions(diabetes and low ft could lower hgh)but maybe not. I live in germany so idk if my doctor would prescribe it. I can buy it msyelf too I think they wont prescribe.
@Osie
. My doctor called my dad and said my levels were fine but she didnt talk about my ft4 levels, didnt even say anything about it. I will call her.
just accept that ur short and move on it's better for ur mental health
