John Kerry Released From Hospital After Surgery For Broken Leg: 'I haven't missed a tick'

United States Secretary of State John Kerry has left the hospital after receiving treatment for a broken leg. The foreign policy official was discharged Friday, 10 days after his leg surgery. 

The 71-year-old was being treated at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and upon leaving the medical facility, he declared he would be joining the Iran nuclear talks to be held at the end of June, reported Reuters.

"I will be absolutely, fully and totally engaged in those talks. I am now. I haven't missed a tick," quoted reports of Kerry who broke his right femur on May 31 as he was cycling a part of the Tour de France route in the Haute Savoie region. 

"I'll be traveling over there at the appropriate moment in the next days in order to press forward at this critical moment in the negotiations. So there's a lot of work on the table," he added.

Kerry left the hospital on crutches, but was moving independently, and will be heading to his home in Beacon Hill before heading to Washington the following week, reported The Washington Post. 

The site notes that that Kerry has been a central figure in the nuclear negotiations with Iran, which has a June 30 deadline.  "I had no plans to be personally involved with my foreign minister counterparts until a week or two from now," he revealed, which indicates his confidence that he will be able to join and land a deal within the timeline. 

"I'm absolutely driving for the end of the month," he said.

It was detailed that Kerry has remained on top of all his duties while at the hospital. The Post reports that he maintained a rigorous work schedule and at one point was on the phone with U.S. diplomats in France discussing a Paris meeting on the Islamic State until past 4 in the morning. He has also been in close coordination with Wendy Sherman, undersecretary and lead negotiator for the talks. 

"Our team is in Vienna right now working out very complex ... details of this agreement," Kerry said (via the Associated Press), "It's a tough slog. It's not easy."

Kerry's surgery to repair the fracture on June 2 was successful and according to his surgeon, Dennis Burke, the procedure met no complications with the Secretary expected to make a full recovery within a few months. Further, Kerry's injury isn't expected to interfere with his official responsibilities.