torn rotatorrcuff

Hi guys, Well I saw the ortho dr today and I don't have to have surgery on my rotatorcuff. There are two small partial thickness tares , fluid in the joint and tendiitis, I did end up getting a shot in the deltoid muscle because of the tendiitis in it . It was all bunched up and as hard as a rock.
The dr told me I could carry a back pack as long as I didn't hurt to bad. Yea! To bad I didn't know last week when I was on the at trail in georgia and coulda hike for a week. That is my dream to hike the entire appalachain trail all 2000 some miles.
Maybe it could be as a bladder cancer awareness trip. Wonder how may of you all live along the trail. It goes from Georgia to Maine. The hard part would be leaving my grandkids and hubby for 6 months. I would do it next year if he still showed no sign of the lymphoma he HAD.
Sara Anne I start p therapy on it next week cause the shoulder was freezing up cause I couldn't get the deltoid muscle to move right. I hate goig to p.t. don't mind the work just giving up the time and twenty mile drive. God is good isn't he no surgery yea !rocky

Sara Anne, Boy am I in trouble, I throw around bales of hay and fifty pound bags of horse feed and now I find out not to throw around stuff! Rocky

Hi Guys , Thanks for the info Pat, I had found some but this link gave me more.
Sara Anne, How did you hurt your shoulder ? Did it take you long to recover, and you say it is ok now. I see the ortho on thru. I hate the thought of not being able to throw a pack on my back and go. That was always a stress releaver for me. Thanks guys . Rocky