Having friends who’d undergone rotator cuff surgery and talked about after-surgery pain,I was apprehensive when faced with my own. However, immediately after my own rotator cuff surgery, when asked by my home health care nurse what my pain level was, I had to say it was only a 2 on a level of 1 to 10. The nurse said “All of Dr Toman’s patients have minimal pain.” After 4 months I’ve been able to return to playing drums and most of my normal activities. As we’d say in New York, “The Guy is Good!”.