Ask HN: Particularly does a leg injury affect your quality of life

Recently had an accident, where my left foot was stepped on by a car's tyre, and it broke my ankle and leg bone(fibular and malleolus bone to be exact), now my ankle bone(malleolus) headed displaced and I have been asked to have surgery 4 months after the incident, this has made everything in my life come to an abrupt halt, and has made me start wondering how people with leg impediments(serious enough to require crutches, prosthetics or wheel chair) cope, I have come to realize that proper mobility is a very essential part of human life.