No cast yet, they are really busy tonight. It’s meerly a flesh wound. Flying out of O’Hare
It’s been my experience that if you tell the TSA about problems you have up front and are fully cooperative, they’ll work with you and get you through with some substitute screening fairly smoothly. (Don’t forget to thank them at every opportunity).
Cancel the conference. The first couple of weeks will be the most painful. Take the meds but when it’s time to put them down, put them down. If you have physical therapy coming....well just try to remember that it won’t last forever.