Sorry about your shoulder. I tore both rotator cuffs in my right shoulder two years ago when my musical gear fell off my dolly after a gig. Idiot that I am, I tried to catch it. Wrong choice. The only option they gave me was a reverse shoulder replacement.
I was informed those have a life expectancy of about 15 years. At age 68, age 66 at the time of the mishap, I really didn’t like the prospects of being in my 80s looking at another surgery or an unusable arm and opted out of surgery.
I’m no doctor, and please, Nobody take this as medical advice, especially with regards to your current condition. Outside of weakness lifting weights with my right arm of 5lbs or more above my waist, an occasional twinge now and again, and throwing fastballs is a no-no, that’s about it. At the present I have 90% of full motion range with no pain with just physical therapy.
As for retirement, I retired my position as a financial advisor March 2020. My 3rd retirement. Da wife retired 2 years before. We are comfortable living on our Social Security check. We are having a house built and this will be a cash transaction ( no mortgage) as our prior house was paid off a few years back.
I still gig with guys I’ve been working with since 1970. The band is in Pittsburgh, that pre-Covid-19, we were doing doing 10-15 concerts a year. We live outside of St. Louis so I don’t have stamina for a full time job. Who knows, I may get a seasonal tax prep job with H&R Block for some gear money next year.
Anyway, best of luck with your retirement plans.
