Injured both of my legs, what should I do about pants for the next 4-6 weeks?

Hey guys, I managed to hurt both of my legs on a labor day weekend trip with my cousins and older brother. We were doing our annual labor day trip to the lake house upstate and I came up short while jumping off of a cliff (think 10-15 feet above the water) into the lake below. Both of my legs are currently in above the knee soft cast/braces as I injured the ligaments in one knee and broke my tibia and fibula in the other leg.

What should I do about my outfit below my waist until I recover. All of my dress pants are a relatively slim fit and won't fit over my braces. Should I wear shorts? If so should I avoid cargos and try and wear a nicer short or a finer material? I can also try and find some older dress pants that I can cut off in order to fit over my soft casts. But really they would come half way down my thighs and I would end up wearing the dress pant equivalent of daisy dukes so that idea is out the door.

I also don't want to bring attention to my injured legs. I'm embarrassed enough about the incident. Should I try and find huge, baggy dress pants to fit over my casts? I tried this with a pair of my dad's pants (he weighs about 150 pounds more than me) and it worked OKAY. But I would have to reach down my pants to itch under my braces and I don't want it to look like I'm jerking off under my pants at the office when I go for an itch.

I mean, it's a worst case scenario, but I could always drape a blanket across my lap FDR style. I spend most of my day at a desk anyway. That seems like a dumb idea but my girlfriend thought it was pretty clever. I feel like I'll look like an old woman about to go to knitting club.

Anybody have any creative solutions. Despite my two fucked up legs, I still want to show my company that I'm a professional.

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sucks bro, I had a broken leg during my internship. I'd recommend you either tuck the dress pants into the cast or roll one of the pant legs up so that it's not touching the cast, no one will care. if your pants are so tight that you can't roll them up, your pants are too tight, so buy new pants.

also, I'd be more concerned that you had to wonder if cargos were acceptable instead of what your colleagues will think about your broken leg. healthy or broken legs, cargos are never ok.

 

Wear a dishdasha, that white dress that Arab alpha males wear, and go into the office. Walk into the office like Bill Gates is your bitch, then just chill the fuck out. There's a chance you might be redirected to PWM, IR/C&P or Wadiya though (depending on where you work)

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