I finally had my surgery!  In a nutshell, I was diagnosed with a SLAP, told not to move it if it hurt, and while waiting for my surgery 4 weeks away, developed a frozen shoulder. I was told to move it as much as possible, gained back my ROM in 4 weeks, but my DR would not do surgery in fear the frozen shoulder would come back. I found another DR who did the surgery and found only 1 tear in the labrum, so put in 1 anchor. There was major impingement going on, but my rotater cuff was okay. She did a decompression of the acromion. This is when they shave off the underneath part of it to allow for more space. Everything went really well, and I even have a video tape of the whole thing! I'm okay now, but sleeping is the hardest part. I am out of my sling (but not in public places) and moving it in certain ways. My flexion is pretty good at day 10.

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This is the first time I've written. I'm looking for anyone who has had to delay their slap tear surgery because of a frozen shoulder. I was supposed to have surgery in 2 days, but at my apt. today, it was discovered that I have a frozen shoulder. That sure does change things! I've lined up car pools for my kids, subs for my Pilates classes, and now instead of trying to avoid doing those things that hurt so much, I'm supposed to be doing them!  The Dr. gave me a shot of cortizone to help "calm things down" in there. It doesn't feel much different. I have to go to PT 3 times a week for 6 weeks. I'm hoping that I can get rid of this frozen shoulder so the SLAP can be repaired, but she says it will probably be about 3 months away. Has anyone had a similar experience?