**** 30 months sounds rough. Mine is 9-12 months, but my surgeon is pretty confident a 100lb pack this fall won't be an issue, so fingers crossedI remember when I had my second rotator cuff/shoulder surgery in 2021 on the same shoulder; even though I felt no pain and my range of motion was not an issue, the physical therapist babied it for 30 months. I was not allowed to lift a pound of weight over my shoulder. It drove me up the wall, but I behaved myself and listened to the pros. In 2012, I had my first surgery in July, did two physical therapy sessions, and was bowhunting by September.