Patrick_S
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Recently one of the network news mags did a similar story where a family in Texas was paying something like 20k a year for their son to inject human growth hormones so that he would grow taller. (He was statically behind at the time they started the procedure.) I believe he was going to be on the drugs for two to three years and the doctors did say he reached the lower level of normal for his age group.
That got me wondering, does that type of procedure only work with adolescents who are already producing some growth hormones or would it also work with adults?
Regardless for the story it seemed that the one in the family who really had a problem with his height was his mother who indecently was 5' tall. (Her husband was over 6' and the other son was tall for his age.) I guess she felt guilty or something.
That got me wondering, does that type of procedure only work with adolescents who are already producing some growth hormones or would it also work with adults?
Regardless for the story it seemed that the one in the family who really had a problem with his height was his mother who indecently was 5' tall. (Her husband was over 6' and the other son was tall for his age.) I guess she felt guilty or something.