I did serious damage to several ligaments in r ankle in early July and continued to commute on my bike with the aid of an over the counter sports ankle brace. Kept on cycling up until Sept. 11 when I went to have surgery to repair the ankle. I now am on a 9 week "vacation" and can't work or bike.

Are you sure that you have no ligament damage? What was done, Xray only or did you also have an MRI? I ask because I went to an Orthopedic Doc that I highly respect and after the Xrays he felt it was only a sprain but decided to do an MRI also and the results showed several full tears and some minor tears to the ligaments. Damage so bad that he sent me to a foot and ankle speicalist for the surgery.