My LL diary...The time has come!

Trying to sleep in my hotel room in (a very Christmassy) Athens tonight!..still can't believe that this is actually happening...My pre-ops are tomorrow at 1.00pm!...Ready for anything!!

@w449: I saw Giotikas twice, once in London and once online. Both times he was very thorough with explaining risks and complications  (including th fatal ones) and had no problem to answer all questions I asked.

@livelifetaller: The medical package is around 48000euro and covers all medical expences etc during lengthening.  I think if you stay in one of the rehabilitation apartments here it costs 45 euro/night.

@tallerin2025: I chose Giotikas because I understand he is much more experienced than Becker.

I did it...!!!!!!!!!! Surgery went well, the doctor was happy. I got the 13mm g-nail.  I had literally zero pain on the first day; a bit more on the second day  but generally manageable.
I clicked and walked and stretched without problems but  kept thinking that I may bend the nail or cut the stitches through the wounds when stretching. The doctor was like "engage to physio confidently, you need to work on your recovey now, nails dont'bend like that and the skin doesn't fall apart like wet toilet paper!".
First day in my hotel room today....i need to learn to live again, there is no way back now!

@w449 I will stay in Greece for 6 weeks and then will finish off lengthening back home.

Are you based in the UK? Why did you opt to get surgery in London itself then?

Hi, yes, I live in London. Doing it in London would have been unnecessarily expensive. In Athens I get all the UK medical standards from Giotikas (he is professionally insured in the UK so he can't afford to do otherwise if he doesn't want to risk losing it).  Plus I visited the hospital in Athens one year before my surgery and I found it much nicer than the typical private hospital in the UK (excluding of course some high-end luxury hospitals in Mayfair that only Arabs, Russians and Royals can afford).