And just for my records, I've just ticked over 2 years (!) since I injured my shoulder.

I had another meeting with the Ortho a few months back who said if I have good ROM and the shoulder's not frequently dislocating, then surgery is not necessary.

I'm not sure how to describe it, but my shoulder still feels janky. I can do most things I used to do before I got injured - with perhaps the exception of throwing (forcefully) overarm, but I am certainly much more aware of how things will impact my shoulder these days. I quit my job bagging groceries at Safeway in part - but not totally - because of my shoulder. At my other job, where I am required to 'lift things', I can still do it, but pull up sore in the shoulder, particularly if its been a busy day, whereas I never used to before.

Anyway, even I'm getting slightly sick of listening to myself complain about my shoulder, when all the professional medical advice I have received has suggested that surgery is not going to improve it significantly. Guess I will just have to live with it.