Err... thanks. This certainly caught me by surprise, I had forgotten Paul knew about it. I appreciate the kind thoughts.
To answer the question, they are going to detach my left tendon, open up the ankle and clean up the joint and fix a few other things while they are there. Not much fun but hopefully worth it. With any luck I'll be on crutches for at least a couple months, so hopefully I'll be mostly normal by RMAF in October.
mike