Hello, last summer my brother was in a horrible car wreck. I dont know the extent of your surgrey, but I know how you feel!!! I fell off of mine and fractured my hip so i'm sure yours hurts worse, but believe me....I know just not to the extent of how you feel. Well, he had to have a plate and he wasnt suppose to be but he was up walkin around in like 3 months. It hurt him but not bad, so I would advise you to follow docs orders. He still has pain in it, and this was like over a year ago. I hope this helped, if you have any questions feel free to contact me.