Good evening @scootergirl, welcome to Connect where the mission is to improve the quality of life for every member. February 3 has the potential to be a game-changer for you. Yes, you may have to find new and different activities. I was very fortunate. I am a trekker.....for years a group of us who lived on a mountain would take off to another country or just another area and spend 7-10 days walking on an Inn to Inn adventure. After a fall down a mountain, I went through two surgeries, an attempted rotator cuff repair, an unsuccessful cadaver fusion and finally a reverse shoulder replacement.

The reverse shoulder replacement was quite successful. Just being free of pain and restriction in movement jumped my quality of life to a new and rewarding level. I never have any pain. I can do almost everything with my right arm. I wouldn't say that my range of motion was perfect. Sometimes I have to use my left arm to help support the right arm but that is seldom.

I am 79 and have been struggling with trauma related neuropathy (SFN) for several years. I still am having quality of life procedures like a knee replacement on my right side to match the left and soon....on Dec 9, a thumb joint replacement. I used to think I was too old to bother. However, technology, robotic and minimally invasive surgeries, and the introduction of MFR, myofascial release therapy, have made considerable progress in my quality of life efforts.

Yes, you have to go through recuperation and recovery at a time in life when we don't really want to be bothered with pain, PT, and temporary limitations.

You will make the right decisions. And I will be right here to support and help you in any way possible.

May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris