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Day 5, Day 6:
Mornings are still painfull, I do not sleep well, I have a knee pain, but in the front side. I asked Dr.Park and he said it is not related since it is not behind the knee. Maybe it is because I stretched too much...? I was doing it every 15 minutes, I will switch to 30 minutes. I go out about 4 times a day for a walk of 30 minutes, I am afraid of walking too much, I want to avoid swelling.
Day 7:
Aspiration day! Dr.Park forgot to pick me up for my appointment. I had to walk and I do not live close by but I managed to do it! My ankles were very swollen when I arrived to the clinic.
I really thought aspiration would be more painful, I asked Dr.Park to apply an ice pack before doing it and I almost felt nothing, I only took 1 or 2 minutes. He removed around 10ml. I am confident I can do that alone at home without problem.
I am walking better, slower than normal, but it is better each day. While I was around, I went to the Starbucks across the street, someone here on the forum said that there was a good ambiance, it’s true. I sat at the second floor, in a sofa near the window, with my coffee, looking people walking in the street, I felt like living a normal life again.
Next appointment on day 10, leaving for home on day 11.
 
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I had private questions but I will answer here for the benefit of every other girl who is looking into this procedure.
-spinal anesthesia
The risk of complications of spinal anesthesia is lower than general anesthesia, it is why it is preferred. It is a well known procedure (I work in the medical field). The anesthesiologist was a men, good English speaking, professional. He told me to lie down on the table, on my left side, on fœtal position. He lift up my hospital gown to have acces to my back (be aware that the medical personal will see your underwear). He disinfected my back with alcohol, it was very cold. Than he inserted the needle. Yes it was painful, but nothing compare to the pain in the post-op days...Then my lower body started to feel numb, very strange sensation. Than he touched my shoulder with something cold, and than my leg, to test if I was feeling it. He did it a couple of time, to be sure everything was ok. After a couple of minutes, I started feeling asleep. I woke up 2 times in the surgery, not cool, I was scared, freezing, hearing them work on my body...
Pain:
Yes it is very painful, a lot more than what I expected. I wasn’t prepared for that... I had in mind that pain is temporary, it will go away, so I had more focused my research on safety, long term consequences, best surgeon, recovery exercice... But I am now at day 8 and everything is ok, its now more an incomfort than pain, nothing to compare with the first days. After I stretched, I walk almost normally, but slower, but nothing for people to stare at me. I think I could have gone home today, but you never know how your recovery will go, so it is better to plan more days in Korea. I am leaving day 11.
Hotel:
The Hotel that is now recommended is the Foreheal Hôtel (and not the Young dong). It is close to the clinic, seems new, rooms have réfrigérateur, microwave, boiler, there a coffee shop and a restaurant downstairs, a terrasse on top I think. When I booked my Airbnb, i didn’t knew that the special tarif for Dr.Park at the Foreheal was 66,000 KRW per night single room, 88,000KRW per night for a double room.
Price:
I paid 8,000,000 KRW, you can have a 10% discount if you pay cash but I didn’t wanted to bring this amount of money with me... I paid by VISA.
 
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I follow this forum since 2009 and want to do the surgery with dr Park this November. I will consult him today , to safe a surgery date. blood tests are all done

Is anyone also going there in November and wants to meet up ? I want to stay in hotel and I think I will come alone to Seoul

Regards
 
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Day 10:
Last appointment, Dr.Park showed me how to aspirate my legs, he draw a circle with a pen, so I will know where to insert the needle at home. With an ice-pack before, it is ok, not that painful (seringue, 10ml, 21G, 1”1/4). He withdraw only 6ml of each legs but he said It will probably more at home, since I will be working. In Korea, i just rested, elevated and stretched. I didn’t go on any tour, I wanted a safe and effective recovery...
Day 11: return home
I took the bus 6009, 15 000W, around 50 minutes, from Sinsa dong station, nonstop. (can also be taken at Sinsa station) I think it is the fastest and the cheapest option and you are sure to have a seat. I didn’t wanted to take the subway, because there is so much stairs and no elevators, I wouldn’t have been able with my suitcase ... I walk ok, not so fast, I tired easily and going down stairs is difficult. But I definitely didn’t needed a wheelchair service, I guess my recovery is ok, fortunately.. I am now at the airport, waiting for my first flight, of 13 hours.... The teletubbies exercice and squats are strange movement to be done in public so for now I push against a wall or a chair.
 

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Girl. said:
I have a boyfriend since a couple of months, I had no intention to tell him about the surgery. He is out of town right now. I am going to see him on day 16. What were your excuses for brushing, and bandages for 6 months to a year?!?
He is really not I the medical field, so I thought I could say that I had trouble with the saphenous vein and that doctors had to remove it remove it by surgery. For this surgery, they actually have to cut behind the knee and patients have to wear compression stockings. Does it sounds good....? Anyone has a better story to tell......?
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Hey Girl, I told my relatives that i rolled down the stairs because i was drunk, to explain the bruises and the bandages. My relatives stopped probing after i told them that i was too drunk to remember what happened. Maybe you can try this excuse haha. People around just got used to the bandages and limping after a few days. Try not to stress over how people will think :)
 
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Day 11:
13h flight, 3h layover, 1h45m flight. I asked my airline to have empty seat next to me (there was a lot left the day before my return), they were absolutely of no help so I paid 120$ to have a sext in the first row, next to the toilet, I couldn’t elevate my legs, but I could stretch when I wanted. It went better than I expected... not to much swelling. I was able to walk in the airport, my walking was ok, not so fast, but ok.
Day 12-13:
Spent the day stretching every 15 minutes and elevating, dealing with the jet lag of 13h.
Day 14:
Back to work for a 13h day, job is a mix of sitting, standing, walking, no breaks. I got up 1h earlier than before to stretch a lot. So when I arrived to work, my walking was normal, nobody asked questions. I took muscle relaxant (methocarbamol) and anti-inflammatory (naproxen) to relive the pain. I could stretch only while going to the bathroom, so the pain and the tightness increased more and more during the day. I wasn’t walking normal at the end, really slower. I told colleges that I was tired from holidays.
I didn’t had time to look at my bandages during the day, so when I arrived home, I realized that they had loosen up, not the same compression all along the calves, my calves looked like waves.. ! and there was a bulge of swelling under the knee cause the bandages were lower than where I put them in the morning... So now I have decided to wear compression socking first, so my calves would be in the right shape, with the bandages on top. Dr.Park gave my 20-27mmHg socking, I thought it would be more like 30-40mmHg...?
I drove to work (1h) without problem.
I did my first aspiration alone, 6ml and 3ml, I push and pull the seringue a couple of time to be sure to remove all the blood, but I think I over did it. The following day, it was really painfulll and I started wondering that maybe I had infected one of my leg and that I would have to go to the emergency room and told the doctor what I have done... but it the pain resolved, so it was probably just inflammation related to the movement of the seringue in the muscle.

Day 15-16-17:
I have to work for 8 day before having a day off, the week will be long ... I do not sleep well, elevating the legs, jet lag, in comfort.... I had to go to the birthday party of my niece, after my work, all my family was there, and they didn’t notice anything special. But I am really making effort to walk normally. I still struggle to walk downstairs but since i live at the third floor, I practice a lot!
I feel like I am back to square one every morning, after 10 minutes of stretching, it is better.
 
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@camber @Julia A @amici1992 @brobn
Hi girls! After how long did the tightness in your calves in the morning was gone? I asked Dr.Park and he said it was different from one patient to another... I am afraid I don’t stretch enough the days I work. I stretch a lot in my days off, I bought flat shoes to work and for home, but still... I can’t not stretch properly while working.....

Good luck to @Anoukmarie for her surgery this week!!
 
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Girl. said:
@camber @Julia A @amici1992 @brobn
Hi girls! After how long did the tightness in your calves in the morning was gone? I asked Dr.Park and he said it was different from one patient to another... I am afraid I don’t stretch enough the days I work. I stretch a lot in my days off, I bought flat shoes to work and for home, but still... I can’t not stretch properly while working.....

Good luck to @Anoukmarie for her surgery this week!!
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Hi , landed in Seoul and driving to the clinic right now .

Thank u Girl surgery is tomorrow
 
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Girl. said:
@camber @Julia A @amici1992 @brobn
Hi girls! After how long did the tightness in your calves in the morning was gone? I asked Dr.Park and he said it was different from one patient to another... I am afraid I don’t stretch enough the days I work. I stretch a lot in my days off, I bought flat shoes to work and for home, but still... I can’t not stretch properly while working.....

Good luck to @Anoukmarie for her surgery this week!!
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I cant remember exactly how long, but after i got back to Singapore which is 1 month post op, i gradually stop stretching in the morning. But even up to now, which is about maybe 6month post op, my calves sometimes feel sore if i have been sitting for tooo long. But they dont hurt or anything, just minor sores. When i was working, i remember stretching every half an hour or every hour. If i don't stretch throughout the day my calves will feel like they were "harden" and stiff. But maybe after 2 months plus i stop stretching so frequently throughout the day. I also took yoga class then, which i was 'forced' to stretch anyways haha
 
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Ladies, I’m new here. I didn’t have enough time to read all the information in this blog but I hope yall can help me. I gad radio frequency done with Dr Perry Liu for the past year. I have improvement at all. He said I was the only one not to see any improvement. He suggested now that I moved forward with the surgery. Told me he has done the procedure many times. He charges 15k. The only thing is he doesn’t have a whole lot of pictures to show me from previous patients. The scar he said would be in the inner part of my calves. (I would feel just as bad with a big scar as I feel with the large muscle) I was seeing pictures here in the blog (julia btw thank you so much for sharing those photos my calves are itentical to yours) and seems like the scars are behind the knees (sounds way better than having the scars in the inner part of my calves)
I’m wondering if anyone here in the blog has had the surgery with Dr perry liu?
What would you ladies recommend should I really leave the country to get this done or Dr liu would do a good job?
I’m not sure if I have the balls to go all the way to korea to have this done. I have no family members or anyone willing to help me with these as everyone thinks I’m crazy to want a surgery. I’m just extremely self consious abt my calves I need to get this done. I’m ready for it! What would you ladies recommend?
Thank you so much in advance
 
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I saved the money and I’m ready! If I could get away with having this done with dr Liu would be a lot more convenient for me to stay in the states. But if he doesn’t have the experience then I have no other choice. Plus I much rather have a scar behind the knee than in the inner part of my calves. Is anyone here planning on going to Korea in 2019 please let me know maybe we can do it together? I have a very flexible schedule but want to get this done asap so the sooner the better :)
 
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