Hi there!

Sorry you have to have surgery... Did you have a blood clot? I had the same surgery and it went well. My advice for you is to take it easy when you get home - its tough to sit around when you are used to being active, but give yourself some time to heal, you wont regret it. And find a good physical therapist so you can quickly and safely regain your strength.

It took me about a month to start to feel really good after the surgery - and about two months before I felt like I had the same strength in my right arm and shoulder (where I had surgery) as I did on my left and my motivation was that I wanted to resume my sport really bad too, but I was almost 20 years older than you when I had surgery. So I would suspect that you should heal up pretty quick.

Google pitcher Aaron Cook from the Colorado Rockies - he had the same thing as you and I do and he still pitches for the Rockies - like its no problem!

Best of luck to you and please let us know how everything goes for you. I would like to hear about your recovery process as well. You will be in my thoughts and prayers two days from now! Keep in touch!

Anna