I can really sympathize with both you and Marilyn..
My wife fell in the yard a couple of years ago and broke three bones in her ankle..The Doc said there were only four bones there that she could have broken in the fall...Lots of screws, bolts, and plates..
She still has some soreness at times but is walking just about as naturally as you and more so than me..The secret is in the therapy...Tell Marilyn to buckle down and do it even though it hurts..I sympathize with you because you are in for a bit more running around and performing household chores that you never realized that Marilyn has been doing for all these years...They are more than worth it though, so suck it up..
Tell Marilyn we are all thinking about her and hoping this will be behind you in no time flat. I have been extremely lucky so far, no bones broken but ES has made up for it. We will be remembering her in our prayers.....Trish and Ed