Do it or Don't do it?

Friday, August 29;

Remember those fun little books you used to read when you were in elementary school where you got to choose the outcome? If you wanted one thing to happen you'd turn to page 15, and if you wanted another thing to happen you would turn to page 18. I loved those books.

Why is it that when you get the same options in life it just doesn't ever seem that fun??

This morning I went to my doctors to discuss the options with the shoulder.
If you'd like Option #1 read the below paragraph.
If you'd like Option #2 read the second paragraph.

Option #1:
Don't have surgery. If I don't have surgery to fix my shoulder I could live a perfectly normal life. I'd be just like other perfectly normal people. I may be able to do workouts on the elliptical machine, and I will probably be able to run and do other physical activities like hiking. I will always have to work around small amounts of pain or maybe even lots of pain. I will always have to be careful about my shoulder.

Option #2:
Have surgery. There is a 4 to 6 MONTH recovery period. My arm will be in a sling for the first month. That means no driving and definitely not much movement for it. After the recovery period I could be back to normal and working on getting my strength back. I will have to be very careful not to push it too much because I could tear the suture that the doctor put in. Basically, the surgery would tighten up my muscles in my shoulder much like what Jen Conlin had done on her shoulder. There is a 90% success rate. My doctor will pretty much know when he goes in for surgery if the procedure will work or not. It involves four small incisions in my shoulder. It's an hour and a half long, out patient surgery. There will be a minor bit of scarring, but I always tend to think scars are kind of cool. Someone much smarter than me once said interesting people have scars and bruises. I agree!!!

I guess it comes down to which option I'll choose. The final outcome will be the same.. a little bit of pain and surgery.. it's just do I want to have it now or do I want to have it later in life when the repurcussions could be more serious?