I enjoyed it. I guess if he can laugh about it...he will certainly heal faster!

How long does he have to be in that cast?

I should think he'd get instruction on how to walk with it and crutches.

When I had my foot operation (many eons ago) on the hemangioma I had on the instep of my foot, I remember a nurse or PT person teaching me how to use
the crutches. We even went up and down the stairs. It was hard..and she wasn't very patient and I remember it as a negative experience. But I never used a wheelchair. It was a delicate surgery back when lasers did not exist and I guess I am lucky they didn't damage anything else!