Ow

Well, that was fun. And moderately painful. The good news is that the surgery appears to have gone quite well, and it ended up not being as complicated as it could have been. The surgeon visited me in pre-op with a final little pep talk, and told me there would definitely be one incision along the outside of the foot and lower leg where he would install a plate and some screws to completely stabilize the broken leg, plus if he found some other problems, up to two other incisions in other places to make further repairs.

When I came to in post-op, the surgeon was long gone, having moved on to the next half-dozen or so operations he had lined up. But the nurse informed me that I have just the single incision, and I take from that the guess that things went well.

The leg is completely wrapped in a splint and some sort of adhesive gauze from the foot to nearly the knee, and is quite immobile. It also hurts a fair amount, less if I keep taking the pain drugs they gave me. It's just the first day after the operation after all, and I expect it will hurt less as time goes along.

So, bottom line: Doing OK. Still immobile. Looking at another 4-6 weeks recovery. Yawn.