The other thing I did while I was lying in bed waiting for the bones to heal was to start the process for ordering a custom bike, as a recovery reward and 50th Bday present for myself. I have zero regrets (apart from waiting until 50 and breaking my ankle before doing that).
Another thing I learned along the way is a cast after surgery is an American thing. In Europe, 4 weeks or less after surgery, they have you in PT to recover range of motion. Immobilization was most of what I had to recover from. Once that metal is in there, your bones aren't going to come apart unless you have some fairly major trauma. I was overly cautious. Be more aggressive.
It's called a Bimalleolar ankle fracture, or Pott's fracture, and fairly common. I managed to get that far in life with nothing worse than a crown on a tooth, so it was a big deal for me, but there are far worse fractures...
The mountain bike forum had several ankle break threads going at one point. They seem to enjoy their injuries more.
Mine was inflicted by my two golden retriever puppies.
Last edited by Cyclist0108; 01-26-19 at 04:40 PM.