I appreciate the update. As you know I got a lot of joint pain in my hands with Evenity (stopped after 9 months) and with the Reclast followup. Anyway, I'm due to get another dosage of Reclast in February which I don't want to do. Actonel looks like it might be a possibility. It doesn't stay in the body so long. I seem to recall the half life is 30 days. Now if it just will not cause any gastrointestinal problems.
Good luck with the shoulder. I had shoulder surgery it does really get better it just seems to take so long.