Darn shoulder.  Used to pick up my banjos with my right hand, but now I use the left.  Use the left for just about everything.  Right shoulder is wore through -- "end-stage arthtiis" is how the surgeon describes it. Interferes with sleep, exercise and, worst, my budding music career!  OK, truth be told no one would pay anything to hear me play, but I get a kick out of it.  Haven't been able to get my arm around the dreadnought for a few years now, so I took up mandolin.  That's OK.  Banjo is more difficult -- can only play about 20 minutes at a time.  Am trying to learn a tune and 20-minute practice sessions aren't very useful.

Fortuntely I'll get my new shoulder in August. Recuperation from the total hip replacement -- that is, the time it took to get me back to the office -- was about six weeks.  Was working from home in three.  But I was playing the banjo within a week of getting a new hip.  Shoulder replacement likely to be different. But when it's over I'll be able to exercise, play longer, lose weight, etc.  One hopes.