You seem to have glossed right over my use of the word &quot;temporary&quot;.  Does it suck that my tibia is fractured?  Yeah.  It&#x27;s going to heal though.  I sure as hell would not rather lose my foot for the rest of my life than wait for this to heal, just the same as I would rather deal with some pain now than risk a life-altering addiction to opioids.<p>So to answer your hypothetical, yes, I absolutely would rather deal with some temporary pain and get on with my life in another week than lose a body part for the rest of my life.  Who would make the other choice?!