Jim- I fractured my ankle a few years ago playing touch football with my kids- had surgery and got 2 plates and 9 screws. Non-weight bearing for 3 months. It sucked. But I listened to the doctors and the physical therapists and did not walk on it until they told me too. I did not want to mess it up for the rest of my life. My brother-in-law started walking on a broken ankle way too soon and it is a mess- never healed right. I did what they said and mine is good as new. I fished Cutty this fall with no problems and I ran 4 miles today. So my advice is to do what they say and get used to pissing in a bottle-cuts down on crutching to the bathroom.
