thanks for the input! the dr seemed to feel the fact that this wasn't an accident/injury per se, as i don't remember doing one thing that did it, was a good sign. i don't know about that but i'll believe the expert. a good buddy of mine who i thought had a cuff tear just told me that his was the same thing, significant inflammation. he said PT helped him a lot and no it isn't 100% but that he's doing really well and functionally relatively normal. so there is hope. he didn't tell me what all they did though, maybe back to my email.

glad you are on the mend! my knee PT the first time was due to 6 weeks immobilized, so i know how rough that can be! take care of the wing.