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Finding your way through Ankle Surgery. If you have been told you will need surgery to repair your ankle, you may perhaps feel overcome by the adjustments you will need to make for your life. We're not planning to sugar-coat anything at all, Orthopaedic surgical treatments are rough, and ankle surgical procedures healing takes working hard. But this is a well-worn journey to recovery. It is merely a process, and with some planning it can be made a great deal easier.