Sorry to hear that. Luckily I didn't need surgery but it took about 4 months for full recovery. I was using GH at a very small dose. 2ui/day. I found out later that a much greater dose is recommended for tendon healing. For me, it would have been too expensive to run that. If you have the cash I would give it a shot at whatever dosage you can do. I am 41 so recovery is not a breeze. I am glad I ran the GH, even though it is hard to say how much ,if any, it helped. I had also been on it for about 6 months prior to injury. I think that was alot better than just getting on it after the injury because of the long delay in seeing the affects.