A Pain In The...Shoulder

So many of you know that about 6 months ago I crashed on a mountain bike and suffered what they call an A C, or Acromioclavicular Seperation. When I went and talked to the doctors, they took x rays that looked a lot like this. Now of course these aren't my x-rays, but rather ones I found on the web, but they are pretty dang similar. This is what my right shoulder basically looked and looks like:







And this is more what my left shoulder looked like at the time:







Now, normally after a situation like this, if it's not too bad (the catagory under which mine supposedly fell) then surgery is not necessary. There are three ligaments that you can typically tear here. Originally I was told I tore one and stretched another slightly. Well, that was 6 months ago. This summer I've felt discomfort in my arm from time to time in various painful ways, because of a variety of things I'd accidently do to it. Now that I'm back in school and with the ROTC I've been doing pushups on it for a good month or so, and unfortunately, the pain has once again escalated. So I went back into the Dr's office and after sitting in the waiting room for 45 min (I don't know how they can get away with that, by the way) I was told that the new x rays showed that the healing process wasn't quite as successful as they originally hoped. So...


Joe's goin' in for surgery... Yep, as fun as it sounds, I'm gonna be put to sleep, cut open, screwed around with and sewn up. It'll basically take me off the bike for the next 3 months. Of all things that's definitely my least favorite. Most likely it will be happening next Wednesday, so anyone who feels a desire to do so is welcome to come up to my Mom and Dad's house (most likely where I'll be) and laugh at me while I'm all doped up. I'll definitely add a heads up as to how things are going soon, and leave a full report of the aftermath for sure.