Thanks, everyone, for all your responses! Its great to be able to hear from peoples' past experiences and different points of view.

I'm glad that anyone that has had injuries seems to have bounced back.

@jessmarimba- Percs were my friends the first week- and here and there in the next week or so to sleep. Other than that I took maybe ten Aleve since the break- I'm sort of anti-pill, to a fault. No smoking by me or anyone I was around a lot- I'm not a milk drinker- but made sure to get plenty of cheese, yogurt, ice cream, leafy greens. They have no idea why it won't grow back- the displacement isn't far enough apart to keep it from growing.

@muirenn- find another horse and horsefriend! theres honestly nothing like it- from the smell of the hay and tack to the thrill clearing a jump! i rode from 5-14 and didn't come back to it til i was 24- but it was clear my happy place was on the back of a horse a girls best friend.

@jaydee- im sorry to hear it was such a long process! at 2.5 months, there is no knitting at all. i'm curious- did the dr always have you on a physio plan- or just when it seemed as though it would be a prolonged heal? my dr has never suggested any sort of PT plan. its very frustrating… i went for a walk on saturday- maybe 6 miles all together- and halfway through my shoulder/back/and collarbone are all screaming from simply holding their own weight. its very disheartening.

thanks again for taking the time to share with me, everyone!