Thanks Pea. Were your two rotator cuff repairs on the same shoulder or one on each?
I guess my greatest frustration about the bad news is that RA has destroyed my joints so quickly, yet the 3 rheumatologists that I saw all acted as though my RA was 'mild' because it's seronegative and so I did not get good follow-up.
Part of that, however, has been my fault as I have a tendency to keep going whatever - for example, I'm still working full time as well as working on a PhD. My doc agrees that this behaviour doesn't necessarily give the right message about my level of pain and disability.
