I just had carpal tunnel surgery on my left hand. Dr. assured me bandage would be slight and I could take it off and put a band-aid on it in 2-3 days. Woke up to these huge bandage, absolutely huge. Took it off today and the stitches are about 1.5 inches long. Someone lied to me. I knew I would be doing very little sewing as I will have the right hand done in 2 weeks. Now I know it might be a whole month. But I can look at my quilt books and dream and rest. So take it easy while you are recovering from you broken shoulder. You aren't alone.