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Posted 9/2/2010 12:42 AM (GMT 0)
female, age 21 when dx with uc, age 22 when dx with cd. 5'5" normal height although shortest of my siblings. I was still growing in high school when IBS symptoms first started appearing.
Posted 9/2/2010 2:10 AM (GMT 0)
female, 5'1, dx'd at 20 but symptoms way earlier.

Very interesting, seems most of us are shorter than average.
Posted 9/2/2010 8:23 AM (GMT 0)
I am 6ft almost 6 1 but am the shortest guy in my family. All of my brothers 6 "5 or taller and father 6'3 mother 5' 10. For some reason I still have the biggest feet in my family at size 13 and parents thought for sure I would be as tall as my 6' 9 brother but it never happened. I was not diagnosed until my mid 20's but I really attribute my stunted height to my disease.
Posted 9/2/2010 8:43 AM (GMT 0)
scool Symptoms at 15. I was 6'3" at 16, stopped growing until 19, then added 2 more inches, and 30 lbs. total 6'5". Can anyone guess when I first went into remission? smilewinkgrin
Posted 9/2/2010 8:50 AM (GMT 0)
Maybe if I ever go into remission I can grow into my feet. Grandpato2 you have given me hope.
Posted 9/2/2010 9:27 AM (GMT 0)

interesting huh? maybe even in the first beginnings of CD the inflamation may not bother us but inhibits nutrient absorbtion? who knows.

  as a side note, when i was in high school boys were considered tall if 5'10" or taller there were some 6'and up that stood out.. and girls were tall if they were 5'6" and up.. now it seems every boy i see is 6' and lots of them are 6' 2-3!  and girls are common at 5'10-11. is it just me being more observant? or is our higher nutritional standards really affecting the kids the last 20 years?  i saw a news report a couple weeks ago that the "average" age for girls to develop now in the us and europe was age 8-9!! thats just wrong. no being a kid anymore..


Post Edited (randynoguts) : 9/2/2010 9:36:11 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/2/2010 12:07 PM (GMT 0)
6'0
Posted 9/2/2010 1:29 PM (GMT 0)
Just think, had I not had crohns , I could have been a basketball player . Geee , a six figure pay check . Heck, I would have settled for a higher seat on my Harley...
Posted 9/2/2010 2:39 PM (GMT 0)
I am the tallest in my family at 5'10". I was diagnosed at 27 yrs old and now I am 32. Being female I have always considered myself tall compared with my friends :)
Posted 9/2/2010 9:05 PM (GMT 0)
6' 3" here. No CD symptoms until the age of 33 and dx'd at age 34.
Posted 9/2/2010 10:44 PM (GMT 0)
I'm 5' 7" and was diagnosed when I was 31. All of us are vertically-challenged (that is the politically correct term for it).

I work in athletics and have been amazed at the increase in heights of "normal" athletes. Nearly all of my athletes surpassed my height when they were in late junior high or early high school. I heard a statistic the other day that the average height of an NBA point guard is now like 6'6". That used to be the post players.
Posted 9/2/2010 11:42 PM (GMT 0)
5'3 1/2'' female diagnosed age 16, but had fistula at age 11. There are tall people in my family, but a few really short ones, so I'm not sure if it affected me or not. My dad and brother are 6'2'' and my mom is 5'4''
Posted 9/3/2010 2:07 AM (GMT 0)
5'6 here and shrinking lol
Posted 9/3/2010 3:03 AM (GMT 0)
5'8". I am the shortest male of my blood cousins. No others under 6 foot. I am the prettiest though. Does the study say we are short and purdy??? lol
Posted 9/3/2010 4:29 AM (GMT 0)
Wow, a lot of you are what a 5 footer considers tall.

Anyways I'm 5 feet but don't think it has anything to do with CD. My mom is short and she doesn't have CD? I'm the only kid that is as short as her?
Posted 9/3/2010 12:33 PM (GMT 0)
Dorri , I tend to measure a person from the neck up ...
Posted 9/3/2010 4:08 PM (GMT 0)
I'm a female and I'm 5'11".  I started having problems when I was 17, so it obviously didn't affect my growing.  My dad is 6'8", so I couldn't help it, but my sister is shorter than me and doesn't have Crohn's, so that didn't seem to effect my height.
Posted 9/5/2010 7:38 AM (GMT 0)
Sniper unfortunatly height doesn't equal a NBA payday. I'll settle for B.C.Provincial Champs in Junior High
Posted 9/5/2010 1:57 PM (GMT 0)
5'8", dx a week or two ago (I'm 21)
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