My husband did this same kind of injury on the 7th of feb and after surgery they had him to weightbaring as tolerated. I keep reading that people had no weight bearing for weeks and he never had a cast. He had a splint for 5 days post surgery then they wrapped it with ace and now he is in a spandex ankle support. He supposedly had a bad break that nearly went through the skin. Hopefully these people know what there doing.