Well its been eight weeks since surgery.  All things considered, I think all is doing fine.  I'll admit the last week I was probably for the first time feeling pretty down.  I felt like I had taken a step backwards from all the progress I had been making and it was very discouraging.  I went to Chicago last weekend for my best friend's wedding and I have to admit I missed two days of exercise.  I'm sure that had a lot to do with the setback.  But in therapy on Thursday, my therapist really hit me with some aggressive stretching.  I don't know what she did but it was phenominal.  Since then, my home exercises have been so much better.  I feel that my range of motion has really suddenly taken a step forward.  

This said, I have a question.  Out of all that I have gone through and how much has improved, sleeping is without question still the worst.  There are nights when I get sore and there is just nothing I can do to get comfortable.  I can really only sleep in three positions and when it gets to a point where it hurts, I just toss and turn until I get so tired that I finally fall back to sleep.

When does sleeping finally start to get back to normal?  Some nights are worse than others, but I just want to get to the point where I'm not waking up 3 and 4 times a night and can sleep the whole night through.

My story actually begins about 18 years ago from an old football injury (cliche I know, but that is really what happened).  During an innocent pick-up football game, I made the mistake of trying to lead in with my left shoulder to tackle a short, spark-plug of a man while running back a kickoff, whose power and speed I grossly misjudged.  I felt immediate pain in my shoulder.  My second mistake was that I never sought treatment for this even though it was probably two months before I could fully lift my shoulder above my head.  I simply let the shoulder heal on its own.  Chalk it up to youth and the shroud of invincibility.