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Originally Posted by Chief Brody
Definitely talk to AOPA and your AME. I would not go with advice on this forum alone. Good luck to you!
Never a bad idea to get a second opinion - especially since you will be seeing your AME in a month anyway - but in this case they are going to tell you the same thing:
https://www.aopa.org/go-fly/medical-...tal-conditions
In fact, with a good result from surgery your AME will almost certainly just annotate the surgical scars in your physical and issue his/herself, without even the need for a SODA. The discharge summary from your surgery and your last PT report showing range of motion prior to discharge from treatment will save the AME a lot of effort though and grease the whole thing from the Federal Air Surgeon's point of view.
I mean really, the reason you are having the surgery is that you have an impediment that you are CORRECTING. If they are letting you fly now, do you seriously think they will ground you after you are IMPROVED?
Get the second opinion, sure, but don't lose any sleep worrying about it before you do talk to them. Make sure you have a competent orthopedic surgeon who has done a reasonable number of lengthening procedures and then press on.