Coping With Ankle Injuries

I shattered my ankle bone and broke my tibia nearly 5 years ago. I had the 1st surgery that left me with 5 screws in the ankle bone and a metal plat and screws in the tibia. After months of visiting the fracture clinic I thought I was going to my last appointment, unfortunately not I was told I now needed a bone graft. The whole point to my story is that I trusted the Doctors every time they said I needed another operation. I will let the Doctors know that I will let them attempt a4th operation in May when after 6 months considering the pros and cons of it all. To at least try to get some kind of pain relief even if only works slightly I will try anything. Saying all that if this operation does not do anything to relieve my pain I am going to ask them to chop it off as I cannot live the rest of mylife on strong painkillers as I am now suffering from a stomach ulcer that stops me having any medication for the arthiritis that I have recently started suffering from. Please do not think that all ankle injuries end in same dire state that mine has I wish all who are suffering from any kind of break or fracture a speedy recovery goood luck