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Well it sounds like you have heard lots of good advise and have made the right choice to get it taken care of. Good luck.
I can't tell you how important it is to have a doc you feel comfortable with. You need to have someone who will spend the time to answer all your questions and concerns. More and more, in today's cash flow medical system where time management seems to be more important than the patient, it's hard to find doctors who will do more than grunt after the initial appointment. My current doctor is great in this regard. The two who preceded him sucked. I figure if someone is fixing to cut on me and cause me and my insurance company to spend one heck of a lot of money, I'm entitled to ask any and all questions I feel like.Quite frankly I wasn't very comfortable with the Dr. theyassigned me, I believe his diagnosis is correct but he simply treated me like a # and wasn't very interested in my hobbies and how surgery might affect them. I had already decided if I get this done it was going to be with someone I felt comfortable with and took the time to explain the possible short and long term affects.
Larry,Good for you in getting it fixed.
Here is what you can look forward to, I had an injury that was pretty much identical to yours, and caused the same way in the gym.
I had the surgery.
It will take a good long time to heal.
The pain from the surgery can be described as like being hit in the shoulder with a Louisville slugger bat by a large man.
In order to repair a tear, most times they have to drill holes in the bone to suture the torn tendon in. The bone bleeds and when it heals that holds it in place.
After being immobilized to heal your shoulder could seize up and become frozen or partially frozen, mine did.
The surgeon who did my shoulder repair cut my deltoid muscle horizontally across the grain to get access to the repair area.
What he should have done is cut with the length of the muscle and separated the fibres to get where he needed to go.
As a result, I have a scar depression in that muscle and a permanent weakness there that will never go away.
No amount of physical therapy or workouts will ever change that.
The shoulder is now pain free, but still has a limited range of motion, and my days in the gym are basically over when it comes to shoulder chest and upper body work.
My other shoulder is showing signs of trouble now, probably from my years as a welder-tradesman.
Good luck, I hope you do better than me.
Larry
I was so looking forward to riding down 3/10 for the cruise install clinic and enjoy some really warm weather! Guess I'll have to waitGood luck with the surgery Fali, and good luck with the "wall walks" if you don't know what that is, you will soon learn !