@brucedr You will have to ask your surgeon when you will be cleared to drive. I am positive that their answer to driving with a boot on your right ankle would be an absolute NO. You need to have enough coordination and strength to be able to drive.

It also becomes a legal issue because a large boot makes your leg clumsy and you can't feel the pedals. if you were involved in a traffic accident while driving with a boot, you could be blamed for causing the accident because you were incapable of avoiding it. I went through this too because it was my right ankle that was fractured. I honestly don't remember how long it was when I started driving, but I was driving myself to physical therapy when I was in the stage of using crutches. I didn't do well with the boot because of the weight of it hanging on my ankle which caused pain. I was better off using the crutches longer even when I was partial weight bearing. I would use one crutch on the injured side and walk on my foot with a shoe with custom orthotics.

I would expect you would be going through some rehab and physical therapy and there would be evaluations and follow ups with your surgeon before you are cleared to drive.

A couple other suggestions I can give you... I used a simple folding camp stool that I had in front of the bathroom sink so I could stand at the sink and it was a sling to hold my knee of the operated ankle so I could put weight on the leg. I also used the folding stool to support my ankle for bathing. I would sit on a shower bench in the tub cross ways with my leg on the stool next to the tub.

Do you have someone to help you after your surgery? I was surprised how hard it is to manage when you are disabled by not being able to weight bear and walk.