A few years ago the wife and I were involved in a motorcycle crash. No life threatening injuries buy set us back a while.

One of my injuries was a severed bicep and torn rotator. Bottom line is, the bicep was not repaired for a month or so due to mis diagnoses. A simple 1/2hr surgery turned into 6 hours. What a mess!

All I can say is, don't take "you have to live with limitations" as a substitute for good, prolonged physical therapy. I have limited reach above my head with very little strength above my shoulder. I was a pretty good baseball player in my day (pitcher) and now can't even through a baseball without looking like a girl.

Don't mean to bum you out, but stay on top of this.