Cyn, will you get to go to PT to get whirlpool therapy later on? That usually helps heal it, even before the boot is off for good.

No one to stay with you while your DH is away? Please be careful. I hope you have a porta potty in your bedroom with lid and arm rails, next to the bed. Many people do that when a trip to the bathroom is needed at night.

I know people with bowel/bladder urgency and one bathroom in the house, buy one of those chair with pot and lid for their bedroom, for emergencies. You never know.

I hope you have no pain. Six weeks stinks! Darn!