I'm a little over 6 months post op so thought I would provide an update! I always wondered reading diaries when exactly a patient is able to walk and have it look and feel completely normal. I would say for me (keep in mind I only did 6 cm) it was exactly at the 6 month mark from surgery. My gait "looked" normal before that but it wasn't until 6 months post op that my legs and walking in general felt completely normal. Currently, I am able to walk as long as I want without my legs getting tired, I can walk and run up and down the stairs but sometimes hold the banister depending on what shoes I am wearing (I worry about slipping and breaking a nail). I'm able to run but it still feels and looks weird, I can sort of jump. I'm not really able to hop on one foot yet. I have no more back, leg, or foot pain. The only discomfort I have is sometimes my knees feel tight if I have been less active than usual. My range of motion is back to my baseline excluding my quads which are still somewhat tight. That said, I haven't done any sort of PT or stretching in over a month so I would likely have improvement in that if I would actually stretch.
A close friend asked me today if I would do the surgery again. I can't imagine ever being brave enough to go through this again (I can't even imagine even agreeing to have surgery to get the nails removed anytime soon). I don't think about my height at all anymore which was my goal so I guess you could say the surgery succeeded. Honestly, my life just feels completely normal and most of the time i forget I even did this.