"That is great news. I am getting mine done on the 15th December and it is great to hear from someone who has had the surgery and is crushing the rehab and return to the mats."
Best of luck to you, sir! FWIW, I'm now about 10.5 months out of a total replacement and can say that it was definitely worth it. While it's not really anywhere near 100% yet, it's officially surpassed where I was pre-surgery, and more importantly, there's no more pain in the joint anymore, since there's no more biological joint that has nerve endings in it. I don't expect that I will be 100% at the 1-year mark either, but my shoulder was in really, really bad shape, so this is to be expected, I suppose.
Just to chime in here on my (non-replacement) shoulder repair surgery, I'm 11 months out and in my daily life I don't even notice that anything bad had ever happened. I know I'm not at 100% yet only because I can't do things like reach out to snatch single legs on that side if someone is circling around to the back from front headlock like I can on the other, and I had to tap to a big guy hunting for americana. It was not locked in, he just had my hand flat on the mat and I felt it already. Better safe than sorry.
So it's pretty much official that my labrum repair was an unqualified success. I recommend having it fixed if you have a labrum tear, even though it sucks for most of a year. I was jealous of how much faster these replacement guys were progressing than I did at the beginning, but now I think I'm ahead of the curve!
One thing I have learned from several surgeries is that "healing is a skill." So, remember this reality as you go through the tough process and before you know it life will be back to normal or the new normal. Keep working at those skills that you can work and keep growing in positive ways my friends. We get better. Best to you. OSS
