Originally Posted by Baritji
If you were a CA, would you fly with an FO with a history of such an injury?
In my opinion if you are cleared medically and subsequently obtain a CPL/ATPL, no captain would know of your injury unless you told them about it, and consequently no captain would have to consider whether the injury was cause for them not to fly with you.
Assuming you recover sufficiently and can be issued with a Class 1 medical, I don't think you need worry.
From your description you should be completely recovered by your mid 20s, which is not too late to start again. Whether your injury would preclude the issue of a Class 1 medical is something that only a DAME or CASA's AvMed section could tell you, and I suspect that won't become conclusive for some time yet.
I know of a bloke who had a prosthetic leg, whom I believe to be still flying. He did miss a gig on the BAe146 several years ago, as I understand in his case, he didn't have the ankle articulation to operate both brakes. He did have a medical though, so, don't assume you won't be able to be issued with one.