Has anyone ever been considered both a midget and a giant in their life?

satguru

Adam Rainer, originally a midget ended up 7 foot 8 as the only recorded instance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Rainer Aug 09 10, 1:51 PM

star_gazer

Adam Rainer, an Australian born in 1899, had the fairly rare condition called pituitary dwarfism. His pituitary gland failed to produce enough growth hormone. These days this disorder is simply treated with hormone injections. By the time Adam Rainer was 21 he stood only 3'10.5" tall. One can imagine that he, by then, had gone through the difficult acceptance that he would live his life as a dwarf. But, he was wrong. Over the next 11 years he grew at an astonishing rate of an average of 3.6 inches per year. By the time he was 32, Adam Rainer stood just under 7'2" - a giant by most standards. He was left bedridden, his muscles unable to keep pace with his rapidly growing skeletal system. By the time he died at age 51, Adam Rainer had grown another six inches, making him 7'8" tall. http://www.brighthub.com/science/medical/articles/59621.aspx Aug 09 10, 5:49 PM

davejacobs

In fiction, there's always Gulliver of course. A giant to the Lilliputians, a dwarf to the Brobdingnagians. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulliver's_Travels Aug 10 10, 2:02 AM