After years of pain and numerous dislocations in my right shoulder I finally went and saw a Doctor/Surgeon to find out what kind of damage was causing me so much grief. I had a few x-rays and an MRI and found out that I had a tear in the 'glenoid labrum'...to explain what this is visit this link: http://orthopedics.about.com/od/shoulderelbow/a/labrum.htm.

So it was not that long after that that I was scheduled for an out patient surgery to repair the tear and to stabilize the shoulder.

I was in and out in approximately 2 hrs...it was not an invasive surgery, but it has defiantly been a very painful recovery to which I am still going through. I have not started the physical therapy yet and do not look forward to it!