Other than the toe paralysis I had there were no major complications, but I still do not know the complete ramifications of that paralysis. The toe moves up a bit, but not near as much as the right toe. For instance, I cannot touch the top of a shoe when I wear it with my left toe like I can with my right. All other movement in the ankle and everything appears fine, but I haven't had it officially evaluated for damage. I haven't seen enough of other people who did this to know what the average progression of recovery is at 10 months.
I am actually satisfied with my recovery thus far. The things that frustrate me are my worry that this might be as good as it gets, since I've done pretty much everything I can to try to improve the ankle flexibility, and even worse is that I am clearly debilitated in the eyes of others, as they always offer me assistance or ask what is wrong with me. That is definitely the most frustrating aspect of it all, knowing that to others there is something clearly off.
All this coupled with the fact that I've unequivocally accepted how s**tty this world is on the whole that I couldn't honestly care less about my body and its dimensions at this point. Before surgery, my opinion on that matter was vacillating, but now it is definitive and final. If I had that mentality as concrete beforehand I would never have ventured to undergo this procedure.