Oh dear - that doesn't sound good June. I remember you having it done fairly recently.
At the moment (unless it is 'disturbed' by something) I am not really in pain on a day to day basis, just a few niggles, but it is very worrying that it came full on so suddenly for you though.
Also I am not sure I would be able to use crutches effectively, as I had bad shoulders a few years back and they have never recovered strength. In fact the whole logistics of recovery frightens me to death!
Thanks you though June, I will certainly bear that in mind. As I am going back in 6 months, perhaps I will have an idea of how slowly/fast they are deteriorating.