Guest guest Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 HI Elize My son was 8 years old when we started GH. A lot of reasons delayed our starting. At the time, I was very worried about him having needles every night, and ME having to give them to him (I wanted to be a doctor, but the thought of doing needles, kept me from it! imagine my surprise to have a child that needs nightly needles). I was also tremendously concerned that we would go through this for years and in the end find out that it only gave him an extra centimeter in height. No one can " guarantee " how much the child will grow. It was a very difficult decision. But what finally pushed me to try it was when the endo said " we can tell in 6 months, by his curve on the growth chart, if it's working or not " . So I thought " OK if it's not working in 6 months we'll stop; that's better than 10 years of it! " Ends up, after 3 months, Adam's growth curve spiked. He is finally, just this past year, at the 3rd percentile (he was never close before). Before we started GH, based on the curve of his growth chart, the doctor guaranteed me, without GH, he would never get past 4 foot 7 or 4 foot 8. At his last check up, my endo told me that now, with the GH, he can guarantee me that Adam will be at least 5 feet if not more. My son, right now, is 4 foot 7. There is no way he could drive a car or function " normally " as an adult at that height.I am so grateful that I have had the opportunity to do it. It's a difficult decision. If you have any other questions Elize, feel free to ask! Debby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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