I had previously had surgery on the other side for a torn labrum. For that shoulder I did 6 months of rehab before surgery and it was all just wasted time. The pain this time was so sharp and stabby that there was just no way that rehab was going to make any kind of a difference. The surgeon's default course of action was physical therapy, but I explained the same thing to him and he just kind of nodded and said, "yeah, it does feel like we're going to end up at surgery anyway." So it didn't take much convincing.

Mine started out with random unexpected stabbing pain when throwing that arm around. And then when hanging, it would feel like that shoulder was pulling out by a millimeter or so no matter how hard I shrugged against it. And then it just got consistently worse with much worse pain. Started feeling like an ice pic was being jammed in there when exerting force above my head or trying to reach behind my back. I should've done this a year ago. Wasted time getting out of shape.

Successful shoulder surgery yesterday! Surgeon wasn't sure what he'd find. Thankfully there was more repairing to do than he had expected. I didn't want to wake up and have him say, "eh, didn't see much, not sure how much it'll help." So, cool, got a bunch fixed. Means the recovery will be longer. 6wks in the sling. No driving (👀). 6mo rehab. But it'll be worth it if I can hang from a bar again, tumble again, umm... wash my back again... And so far no terrible pain, but the nerve block is still wearing off so the pain is steadily increasing. Probably going to avoid writing any new PRs until I'm off the narcotics! Can't say that is being extra caring, but she's always a good snuggler so we're getting in good pass-out-from-morphine nap time.

Best crappy handstand I could do the day before my shoulder surgery. Was a good reinforcement for me for why the surgery was necessary; the limitations I've had the last 12-18mo are NOT acceptable! (can't do a good handstand if you can't fully open your shoulder angle. Can't adjust the handstand if you can't exert much force through the front of your delts)