Broke My Fibula and dislocated my ankle on May 1st of this year playing soccer and have already had surgurey. Plates and screws put in place. I have been walking fine for a month or so now without a boot, or anything other help. I just went to the doctor today and they told me that the gap between my tibula and talus has expanded to 5.6mm which is apparently large enough to insure 100% that I will have arthritis when I am in my 50's(i am 25 now) and now they want me to do another operation to close the gap and remove the old hardware, but now they want me to be non weight baring for three months instead of two. This is kind of crazy for me since I have just been out of work for two months and now they want me to go another three.

This just not seem like a reasonable option for me financially, and I do not know if My job would be happy with me being out of work 5 months out of the year. I am talking to a specialist on thursday and I am just wondering how important it is going to be for me to have ANOTHER THREE MONTHS OF HELL! vs. just living with the fact that I will have terrible arthritis in my 50's and on In other news that Fibula is healing great!! I was 6"2 250 lbs before the injury and have gained about 25 since, so they think it was my wieght that has caused the gap to widen. I feel no pain and only minor discomfort now. Any thoughts from anyonw would be wonderful!!!!!

p.s. I am new to the whole forum thing so I hope I am following the correct etiquette! :-)

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