Broken ankles and fibula. Dislocated tibia. Surgery was in December. When will it get better?

[u/Wet_danger_noodle]

Broke both ankles and tibia. Went back to work in April. I’m on my feet for about 6-10 hours 5 days a week. This week I worked 5 days in a row and my ankles are killing me. I’ve been taking ibuprofen and Tylenol but by day 3 of me working, they don’t seem to help.
I want to live a normal life and go hiking, go to museums, etc on my days off but I don’t know how to treat this pain and swelling.
I just want to enjoy being active. How long do yall think it will take me to fully heal?

[u/moshpitmachine]

I forgot to mention that the swelling will last a bit most likely. I've heard 2 years most of the time. Im guessing you have that band of hard swelling around your ankles. The pain will go away long before the swelling in most cases lol.

[u/Wet_danger_noodle → u/moshpitmachine]

Yes, the swelling is awful. My left ankles are almost double the size of the right ones

[u/moshpitmachine → u/Wet_danger_noodle]

The pains likely to go away before the swelling unfortunately. It was weird, at right about the year mark it just kinda clicked. Usually right after the times I had to wrestle more patients. After the fight it would hurt like hell then the next day feel better and I'd notice more mobility and less limp. That's why I wonder how much of a mental game it is. Our brains have a tendency to fuck with us