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[QUOTE="nikki, post: 567915, member: 18126"]
Well my life has been a saga since a nasty wreck 15 days ago... full story [URL=http://www.dirtrider.net/forums3/showthread.php?postid=567908]HERE[/URL] but to sum it up... I got clipped in the air and landed on my shoulder.  The ER diagnosed a broken humerous by my elbow but my ortho said no break the next day.  Now after a few weeks of therapy, all signs are pointing to a torn rotator cuff.  I can't lift my arm on my own out in front or to the side by more than a few inches, I have crap for range of shoulder motion, laying on my good side I can't lift my bad shoulder/arm at all, but I have decent passive motion (if someone else lifts my arm).

I have a MRI scheduled for Wednesday morning to find out the damage and what's next.  So who's been here before and how have things turned out?  I'm hearing there can be major surgery (where they cut through muscle/tendons) and may take 6-8 months to recover.  I'm also hearing about smaller scale surgery using a little tv type camera that requires less healing time.

What can I look out for, what can I expect, what advice do you have?  Thanks for any and all help... these next few months are gonna be rough  :ugg:
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