Hi Wayne,
My left shoulder surgery (reattachment of front bicep with torn rotator cuff injury) was completed on 2/22. Because of complications with finding torn ends covered by scar tissue, the surgery itself took 4 hours. My recovery is similar to yours: 4 wks before therapy, and 6 weeks in sling. I remember your cautions about activities which was echoed by my excellent Doctor so as to not load shoulder. I am trying to be careful but with arm in sling I occasionally have instinctive reactions like when dropping a fork today in restaurant, the bicep tightened in attempt to catch fork which was painful. Did you encounter these reflex actions? My Doctor advised me that it was okay to lower arm in shower but not to swing or move it forward or away from my side;
Ron