I read a ton of quilting books and patterns to get motivated for when I could start sewing again. I also picked up a bunch of the Elm Creek Quilters books from the Library and read those. I would come in here to my sewing room and run my fingers over some of my fabrics or just look at them. I pulled a few out to match up for a future project.
I got a ton of reading in. I still have to be careful when doing the actual quilting on my machine, I can do it for a little while, then need to take a break cause the shoulder starts to aching.
I have been told that I am a slow healer, both of my shoulders took longer to heal than they should have. I also ended up with an infection, which probably slowed down healing. I had them done 18 mos apart. I was not able to sew for nearly 4 mos when I had the left one done, with the right I have been able to do things sooner.
I think I also went 3 mos or more without a good nights sleep. It still hurts when I am sleeping!!!
I hope you heal up fast!!!