Changing seasons

"tcmedara" wrote in message
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I'm scheduled to get 'scoped in February for a SLAP tear and various other
shoulder maladies. Hopefully they won't have to dig for more. The doc is
saying up to six months for recovery. This bums me out in a very large
way.

How long was it until you were back on the bike?

Six months sounds VERY conservative (long) for arthroscopic recovery; but
then again I'm not familiar with "SLAP tears" (nor am I a doctor).

I wasn't a rider when I had my first surgery, but I believe Matt said he's
expecting only a month of downtime.

For my second, more serious operation, they told me 3 months. So naturally,
I went for my first ride 6 weeks to the day

I probably should have waited longer -- took a few falls and felt a few
twinges -- but I seem to have gotten away with it.

By the way, for a while after BOTH procedures (that's what they're called
when done on someone else , I thought they didn't work. Shoulder still
hurt, stiff, etc. But after a while, it DOES get appreciably better. Mine
feels pretty good now, although it's definitely weaker than the other (and
I'm too lazy to really try to strengthen it). Gives me an excuse to not do
"full back bends" in yoga class...

Bill "shoulders are troublesome joints" S.