u/Mean_Recover9368

for context, I broke my ankle in more places than I knew, fractured my tibia/fibula and tore 3 ligaments. 2 days after injury i received surgery, several screws, mental plate and a wire thingy to hold in place.

I've spent the last 3 weeks on bed rest, evaluation and limit mobility to bathroom only, I have help ( thank god) and I am more grateful then ever and I owe them (my teenage children) the world as I've always been independent and hate asking for help.

So I have my appointment tomorrow, fear I will be put into a permanent cast (only currently have splint) and be told good luck see you in X amount of weeks. im hopeful to get a boot so I can start some ROM exercises as its beneficial for swelling, pain and weight bearing. I know in ways im over freaking out but the more I let my mind wonder, the more I get sucked down in the rabbit hole of my own demise.

so if anyone has encouraging stories, please elaborate, I need to stay hopeful.

So I did a stupid thing, long story short, I fell 2 stairs, landed wrong and entirely rolled my ankle in the wrong direction. Immediately couldn't walk on it, the bones were moving, I was filled with shock and adrenaline so pain was not there yet.... Anyways, I go to ER (canada), get helped quite early which was nice, had my ankle set twice (first one wasn't good enough) was told, must have surgery. I tore 3 ligaments, broke my ankle and fractured my tibia/fibula. I was scared and sad as fuck as im almost 40, and have alot of life duties on my plate. Fast forward to surgery, I was placed with 1 mental plate, and several screws and some sort of mental wiring to hold all in place. I go back next week for a 3 week check up, have plaster cast removed and im hoping for a boot. Well today I wanted to be helpful as my kids have been awesome help, I was trying to feed my cats, lost balance and landed on my bad leg, I burst out crying, not from pain but absolute disappointment and fear of never going to recover, my life is on hold, my new career is postponed and its getting to me. Im asking if I have no new pain, yes little swelling, did I just ruin my 2 weeks of recovery to restart again??. Please reassurance is must needed. Also likeliness of getting a boot next week??. I cant work unless its in boot form.