I work out daily. I have bad arthritis in my right shoulder, so I wear a shoulder brace. All the old geezers in the gym come up to me and ask me what's wrong with my shoulder. What they really want to do is to tell me what's wrong with their shoulder.

I always listen respectfully and ask four questions: Did you have surgery? Who was the surgeon? Were you satisfied with the outcome? How long before you could do anything useful with your arm?

The answer to the last question--many months, and only after intensive physical therapy--is what keeps me away from surgery on mine. Not only that: if I keep at them, I find that more than one-third had to have the surgery done over again. Not for me!