The surgery is a piece of cake. All you have to do is lay there and let the doc make a couple holes in your shoulder. You'll wake up in recovery and blabber that it was nothing. That night, that's right, just hours after the procedure, you'll walk up to a wall and trying to make your hand "spide-crawl" upwards. It won't, you'll panic and see your pitching career go down the hopper.

That is exactly what they told me. They were right too. The therapists will seem as though they were trained by the CIA, but turned out to be too mean to work at GITMO.

Every-Single-Day, there will be almost immeasurable progress, until you suddenly find out, Dang! I can throw a ball again. You will be elated, until it hits you, you're too damn old to play ball.

I threw righty with modest speed, and had my left shoulder worked on. I can now throw southpaw with blistering speed, sans accuracy.
I've just had my fourth major surgery in 30 months, after a 64 year run of good luck. I've just decided, This crap isn't going to hold me down because there's still a lot of summer left, and predictions are great for a good grouse season. You just gotta say "I can do that" and you'll be back to the 99% you always were.
It sucks to be a Second Hand Lion

Hence, their name shall be "The rapist".... oops - did I put a space in there? :shock:

Best wishes for a exceptional surgeon, speedy recovery, and a physical terrorist with a sense of humor.

Chuck, The best for you on this. Sounds like a lot of guys (including me) have done this and survived. In my case things seemed to go ok till my first appointment with the PT amazon. She turned that arm/shoulder everywhere but loose. I went home and took a break. It was August and bow season was a few weeks away. I thought that if the shoulder can take the amazon, it should be ok to practice with the bow. I drew to full draw and something snapped. I let the bow down and looked at my bad arm and saw the top attachment for the bicep had given way and it rolled up on the inside of my elbow. I drove over the ortho guy's office and since I didn't have an appointment, he was a little short with me till I pulled up my sleeve. Then he sat down on his little stool, put his head in his hands, and I thought he was going to cry. The net result was considerably more surgery to staple the bicep back in place; but, after a few months healing it has been real serviceable the past twenty years or so. My suggestion would be to take a pass on this bow season and be ready for the next.

First the bad legs excuse and now the bum shoulder excuse. I'm starting to think you don't want to get out on the creek with me Chuck...:whistle:

Best of luck with the surgery and your recovery Mr. Bishop.

Marcus

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers. Don't worry, I have no thoughts of throwing a baseball or pulling a bow and my last 100 straight was a long long time ago. I just want to be able to shoot before the end of the year. I plan on doing exactly what the PT Nazi instructs me to do:bowdown:

I did try on the sling and it may be possible to use my right hand to type but those order books must weight at least 15 pounds so the wife will get a real workout taking them in and out of the shelves!

Chuck, get well soon fall is coming The Lord be with you and your family

All the best to you my friend. Follow the instructions of the doctors and you will be back to normal in no time.

I thought our Research Chairman Emeritus was going to offer to take up residence in Harrisburg while Chuck is recovering. I guess I was mistaken, as usual.

Damn does this hurt!