Walk again after 3 months

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Hello,

I have been thinking about tibia lengthening for a while, I plan to undergo an operation in India next year (being a student, I can't afford it anywhere else). I have few time and few money, I think 4 cms would be enough for me, so I wonder if it is possible to recover from the operation in a 3 month time : about 50 days of lengthening and 40 days of recovery. My goal is to come back in Europe within 3 months to resume my studies, and to be able to walk without any assistance. I just need to be able to walk 3-4 hours a day (not in a single time). I have a healthy body and I'm quite thin (60 kgs).

Do you think a 3 months process for 4cm on tibias after which need no frame nor crutches is possible ? I mean, imagining no complication occurs. If so, have you got some advice ?

Thank you,

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QuoteThat goal might be plausible with internals but you said money's an issue.

With LON, do you think it would work ?

I think the recovery is not proportional to the lengthening : for example if it takes 5 months to recover from 5 cms, then it should takes less than 4 months to recover from 4 cms. And 7 cms may need more than 8 months etc. Perhaps I'm wrong though.

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Hum, I may be too optimistic indeed.
I have read this diary : https://www.reddit.com/r/short/comments/1ugx1y/im_a_guy_who_just_completed_three_months_of_leg/

7,5 cms, 3 months of lengthening, he was able to walk more than 30 min without cruches the 1st May, 4 months after the lengthening was over (7 months since the operation).
I'm not talking about full recovery, but only the ability of walking without any device.
In the no complication case, if it takes 7 months for 7,5 cms, it would be surprising 4 cms need 6 months of recovery as TrueSpartian said, hum ?

Alas, I only read diaries of 5 cms +, 1,5 cms of recovery per month in average may be a data made from these long lengthening experiences, I do think the body tolerates much more easily a 4/3 cms lenghtening.

If somebody has read - 5 cms lengthening diaries somewhere, sharing it would be appreciated.
 

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I'm sorry to hear your story Bigfaker.

I guess I will have to take much more time, I wanted to do it the quickest as youth probably helps to recover quickly.
I read two diaries of 4 cms tibias lengthening, it's not very good, I hope those whose operation did go very well, like the patient 2 you were talking about, don't go on forums to tell their story and resume as fast as possible their life wishing to forget about all of it.