Intensive surgery! Hope you are doing better.
You mentioned your Edema is gone, does it come back when you sit on a chair?
Mine comes back,when I sit on a chair like a normal human being.
I still have about 10% edema in my feet and toes and my toes are still a bit curled. I do not expect these last bits to resolve completely until I am walking regularly.
Sitting in a chair is not a factor for me because I am working full-time and doing all my regular activities from a wheelchair so I am always sitting in a chair. When I wake up in the morning, all edema is essentially gone; however, it tends to build up at about 10% of what it was when it was bad throughout the day.
I just give myself a foot rub and put up my feet in the evening; then, the swelling goes down.
It sounds like you are doing much better. Did you start wearing compression stockings?
My Edema comes back pretty strong when I sit and my left toe is badly curled, I started working on it.
I didn't buy compression stockings as my nurse recommended me to talk to my Dr first. I got something similar, long tight socks but didn't wear them a lot, made me uncomfortable, i've been wearing very short socks instead.
After all I guess my biggest problem is my right foot being dead. 
Great update friend, how is your walk now ?, Would you be willing to upload a video to see how your recovery ?. What is your proportion of tibia and femur ?. I am thinking of doing the same method you did in the warmth, my initial height is 169 cm, which would be the maximum recommended by you and I would also like to know if I would recommend to doctors Solomin and Kulesh for this procedure. Thank you
To zlRadamanthys:
From my perspective, folks on this forum who are considering leg lengthening can become over-involved analyzing less important details.
For example, the relative length of one's tibias as compared to one's femurs. I have never looked at a person and thought "wow, his/her tibias are really long compared to his/her femurs." Perhaps if someone's shank was significantly longer or shorter than the thigh, I might notice; however, if a person's top and bottom half of legs are within 75% of each other, I don't think I would notice.
To me, it is more important to first decide whether you want to handle the challenges and inconvenience of the surgery. If so, what can you afford and what are you willing to spend?
Next, select a surgeon in your price range. For me, I could afford Paley but I would never be willing to pay Paley rates for surgery so I investigated other surgeons who offered a price point that I might be willing to pay.
If you identify a couple of potential surgeons; then, interface with them to select the one you want. Then, talk with your surgeon to decide most other issues.
For example, I thought I wanted LON on my femurs. After talking with my surgical team, we decided on LATN on my tibias.
Last, I decided on Solomin/Kulesh because I was greatly impressed by their skill and experience. The fact that I saved about $100K as compared to someone like Paley was icing on the cake. After going through the procedure, I do not hesitate to recommend them. In fact, I now know they are even better than I expected.
But external lengthening is not for everybody. Internal seems to offer a shorter process with less pain and disability during the process. If I could have gotten internal lengthening for $20K from a reputable surgeon, I would have selected that process. But you can't get internal lengthening for $20K.
Last, I suspect some on this forum are merely trolls for certain surgeons. I write this because the level of toxic, dumbass commentary from several who have not had the surgery is untenable. Every surgery has inherent risks; yet, most surgeons who regularly perform cosmetic lengthening are very aware of risks and exercise appropriate caution good judgment when performing the surgery.
Quote from: California2 on May 10, 2019, 03:26:03 PM
wtf?
when u last posted a pic of your tibia post LL i thought the image was vertically upscaled.
then i see this.
let this serve as warning to all new patients considering over 6cm let alone 9 cm in tibia.
Edit:
wtf again.. your ankles. whats up with them? it looks like you are tippy toeing, same with the other picture u posted. But there you can see the heels are touching the floor.
fking disaster of a LL and yet you have the audacity to roam around this forum giving advices to newbies. fking state of this community.
I'm really happy seeing you standing up!!
Great job!
By the way, did you do scar removal? I don't see any scar.
I still have some indentations and discoloration; however, most has already faded and filled-in. The lighter bumps below my knees are the screw heads under my skin--I will remove the screws next year.
Today will be my final day contributing to this forum. I wish all the best to those who elect to undergo the procedure.
Today will be my final day because I am cleared to bear up to 80% of my weight. I successfully lengthened my tibias nearly 4 inches via the external Ilizarov procedure and LATN. This means that I now stand at almost 5' 10' in my dress shoes. I have no complications to speak of and am well on my way to full recovery; thus, I see little benefit in continuing to monitor this forum.
I am very pleased with my choices throughout this process. I am especially pleased that I selected St. Petersburg for both the exceptional quality of care and the extremely reasonable price. My only regret is that I did not do this 30 years ago.
This forum is full of toxic posters who will never attempt leg lengthening. Similarly, this forum is full of posters who are not emotionally sound enough to successfully complete the surgery. I encourage serious candidates to sift through the bulk of posts to find the 5-10% that might contain accurate AND useful information for your situation.
Most important, if you will attempt this surgery, listen to your surgical team and your body. Goals are nice at the start, but only your body and your surgical team can give you meaningful input on whether to continue to pursue your goal.
Last, what makes leg lengthening especially challenging is that most surgeons righteously recommend lengthening of no more than 10% as the safe limit; however, most lengtheners will not be satisfied with a mere 10%. Consequently, to get a meaningful height increase, you generally must accept some risk.
If you do not heed the advice of your surgical team and listen to your body, the consequences of risk can be catastrophic. If you listen to your surgical team and your body; and, provided you are mentally, physically, and emotionally prepared for a long and sometimes difficult process; then, you can successfully lengthen a meaningful amount just like me.
Good luck to all who elect to undergo this procedure.
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