Did you have a trimalleolar fracture too? What week are you at now?
I would say you start feeling more normal by week 13, but I think to be normal completely will take 12 months realistically from everything I have read. When you can walk unassisted, which for me was about week 13, you get the use of your arms back, which allows you to do normal things. It is such a great feeling, even if your ankle and foot still hurt, and you aren't fully healed, and you are still sort of hobbling around.
Here are more details if you are interested:
I am 56 and a nonsmoker (I keep hearing how important that fact is with bone healing) and ate all the healing foods I could get my hands on (green leafy vegetables, nonfat yogurts and cottage cheese, bone broth, pumpkin and pumpkin seeds, broccoli, lean meats, berries, decaf coffee only). An anti-inflammatory diet is a good one for general health.
Here has been my path so far, and everyone's is different, so just use it as one example:
2/16- Hammock accident
2/17- ORIF surgery out of state
10 days- Leg dressing until staples and stitches came out. Ordered knee scooter...best decision ever.
Cast for 7 weeks- (they changed the cast every 2 weeks because it got loose every two weeks). Most people don't get casted, that is just what the orthopedic dept. I went to did. Cast needed to be sliced down the sides for plane travel (so if my leg swelled it would not cause a stroke). Told to take baby aspirins every day for this year and strong full sized aspirins two days before and after air travel to prevent chance of stroke. I did weight lifting from this point on for my upper body, which I think helped pump blood through my body for healing. I didn't take any medication whatsoever during this phase, as I had very little pain. That changed when I started walking and doing PT.
In approx. the 6th week of wearing the cast, they put a black open topped shoe on the bottom of my foot and told me to bear weight 25% only, which was sort of tap on the floor using crutches or better yet a walker (easier to control weight bearing that way).
In week 7, the cast came off and I was a given an air cam boot and told to increase WB 25% each week and continue to try to walk with crutches. It seemed easiest to go from 25-75% and hardest to go from 75%-100%.
At week 10 I started physical therapy.
I am in week 14-1/2 and still wear the boot when I go out or want to walk quickly. It took me about 4 weeks (increasing by 25% each week approx) to walk without crutches or any aid. (Actually, my first steps were at week 10-1/2, but I couldn't do it well). I could start to walk regularly for a several minutes at a time without aid at weeks 12-13. Now I can walk a bit better without aid, at week 14-1/2, but my foot/leg still isn't quite strong enough to be in shoes 24/7. I only use crutches at night when I get up to go to the bathroom. I am gradually increasing the strength and have been told to get into tennis shoes full time at week 16 with a soft lace up brace inside. Everything I have read says week 16 brings a lot of improvement, if you do not have any complications (non-union, problems with the other leg, misdiagnosis, RSD etc.). My heart goes out to those who have experienced complications, but with time I feel everyone will heal. Never underestimate the body and it's resiliency. It is so tough to be patient though. It's very trying on the soul. Research says being unhappy really affects healing, so it's best to look at the brighter side of the situation and to remember it really is temporary. Go outside, get sunshine, watch comedies, look up funny things online, hang out with friends, get out of your room and do things.
Btw, my hardest week was week 3, when I felt worried I would never walk again and then I read stories about wounded vets and those in dire conditions without limbs etc., and I hunkered down, and realized this was going to take time and I had to let go of life as I had known it for some time and be patient. I think it was around then I found this great site.
Wishing the best for your recovery.