Think we're on the right path

Just got back from the physio. She already sees a positive improvement from the swimming. She also has a much sunnier outlook on my future than the surgeon. She really does believe that after a tough 3 to 6 months we should have built up the shoulder enough to stop pulling on the arm, the arm will have healed (what can) and the pain will be gone. Lead a normal life within my parameters. Oh, and keep swimming. But not just any kind of swimming, the right kind, which is NOT freestyle. Or...but there we are. Oh - and tell...