Randy, no surgery yet for me but a buddy got scoped a couple of years ago and he was off work for 6 mos. His job was/is pretty physical, and he milked the leave of absence, but still a long recovery. One of our nurses got scoped in January, and she was back in six weeks, but in a sling and lots of PT. I'm hoping my RC injury heals on its own, but it's been 8 months and still not right. Good luck with yours. Nice picture!