I'll keep you in mind and pray for a speedy recovery. I had rotater cuff surgery on my 19th birthday22 yrs ago. I played college baseball, pitcher, and felt my shoulder go out against FAU in the bottom of the 7th. We were down 2-1. I took myself out of the game and we lost by a landslide.
I continued the season, which was coming to a close, and ended up having a STRONG possibility of being drafted by the Blue Jays. I got a bad case of depression after my girlfriend and I broke up 2 moths after surgery and I never went back to baseball or school until years later.
Anyways, the recovery was extremely tense. The pain kept me up many, many nights but I eventually recovered. I still have to sleep on my left side with a pillow under my right arm for comfort.
That was 22 yrs ago and the sports medical field has come a long way since then. My surgery lasted 4 hours and my shoulder was SHOT. I ended up with a screw in my shoulder.
My brother had cuff surgery too but recovered a lot better. His was about 12 years after mine.
Make sure you GO to therapy and don't cut yourself short. And PLEASE be careful of the pain pills. I didn't get hooked but being in law enforcement, I see people getting hooked on oxy's/roxy's at an extremely rapid pace.
I don't mean to sound so negative or to scare ya but I'm just being honest. Several professional athletes have cuff surgery and recover to continue their playing in their sport. Like I said earlier, GO to therapy.