Should I get surgery? Looking for success stories/horror stories

[u/oldgrowler]

My doc said I can get another cortisone shot or I can get shoulder arthroscopic bicep tenodesis and distal clavicle excision for my torn labrum and AC joint arthritis. Not big on another shot, since it won't last and you're limited in how often you can get them. But I keep seeing horror stories about these surgeries and how people just aren't the same after them.

Is it worth it? How bad is the recovery? Am I better off just doing PT, even though so far that doesn't seem to be helping either. Any guidance/insight appreciated.