I never returned to this site after the second posting because I found a fantastic group on Facebook called broken ankle/foot/leg recovery -on a quest for normal which was a godsend to me and still is. If you are still out there and want to connect with a great group going through the same things as you and you are on fb, find us and request admission, its a closed group. Hope you are doing well. I am just weaning out of boot into shoes....
I broke my fibula bone October 23, and it was 3 days before they got me in. And another week and a half before I had surgery. He said it was because of the tissue and ligaments, they had to "calm down" before going under the knife.