I can't be on the road... so I'll check in with you people who can..

12 weeks ago tomorrow, nasty crash... avoiding a head-on with a car in the wrong lane... boom, smash on the head of my left shoulder, comminuted collarbone break, 3 fractured ribs. Pain beyond anything I've ever known.... but lucky, overall.

Anyway, I naively thought the ortho recommendation to wait it out and avoid surgery meant it wasn't so bad... and I'd be back on the bike in 4 weeks, despite his "6 - 8 weeks" blah blah blah. Was able to be on a trainer/stationary bike in 2 weeks, arm in a sling... but at least it was something.

I've been dealing without the sling for 3 weeks now... shoulder feeling like it's hanging on by a single tendon and getting worse. Thinking its likely I have rotator cuff damage which wasn't apparent when the collarbone ends were popping around and I couldn't expand my lungs into my ribs....

This sucks. I just want to ride, and *not* on a trainer.

So tell me... give me hope. 12-31 is the next ortho visit/x-ray series. What's the best-case surgical option and recovery time (i.e. when can I be back on the road) with a re-set clavicle and likely rotator cuff repair?

And I promise to listen to my doc's advice above that of non-medical folks. I just want to hear from all you people who I know have been here.

If I'd been smart, I woulda lied and told the doc I was left-handed.