I don’t think bionic means what you think it means.

Heal well. I have seven coronary stents so that makes me partially bionic.

I’ve had PT for a broken finger and a broken ankle. A good physical therapist will have you back to cycling in now time.

Good luck.

The stents are made out of a Ti alloy...no carbon for me.

I have a friend who’s former college roommate, a triathelete with a titantium hip, travels about 120 segments a year. He didn’t like being groped by the TSA and was worried about the large number of passes through their x-ray scanner. So he filmed a pass through the TSA where he stripped down to his speedo so they could see everything including the scars from the surgery. He then refused to be scanned so they sent him to the hand frisking station. Upon arriving there, they would not frisk him until he was fully dressed. The - literally - could see every contour of his body but that wasn’t good enough and he had to be frisked. Go figure.

The whole thing was hilarious.

TSA made him take the video down off of YouTube.

You and me both. My wife claims I can instantly pi$$ someone off with a couple of sentences after knowing them a matter of minutes. She claims that’s my superpower.

Having been a frequent air traveler and million miler, I don’t think I’ve met any law enforcement (border, immigration etc..) in any country I’ve traveled to that is more rigid or dogmatic than the TSA. Adding a little common sense and awareness into their protocols would be a really good thing. My favorite was when they made a 90 something Henry Kissinger - former SecState and NS Advisor get out of his wheel chair to go through a screening.

When they’ve tired to do more “aggressive searching” it set off a lot of problems. There were people who felt almost sexually assaulted even. I think it might have been Texas that told TSA at airports in the state that if they overdid it to expect to be arrested for sexual assualt. Not sure that was entirely it, but it was along those lines.

The sad thing about it all is that the FAA inspector general has been charged with evaluating security for decades even before the TSA was formed. The TSA have not improved on travel security audit peformance at passenger screening despite all the extra rigamarole you have to go through now to get to your gate.

I’m sure at some point, I’ll wind up with some titanium body parts and I’m not looking forward to the hassle that goes with that for travel.

Sorry to hear about your shoulder
Add this to the long list of injuries possibly caused by nothing other than going clipless. Do a search on these forums and you will get a lot of returns.
Not to mention all the dents and dings from everyone forgetting to unclip and falling over at a stop.
Mostly recreational riders that have a tendency to obsess over safety(see A&S)yet they continue to clip in.
Maybe blame this one on the pothole but you have to wonder if the other foot still being clipped in was a factor.

if you don’t have the coordination necessary to clip and unclip from clipless pedals or the bike skills necessary to manage your bike in an unclipping situation, then you shouldnt ride them. It’s not the pedals, it’s the rider and always has been.

Nonsense.
Almost everyone that clips in has toppled at a stop at one time or another. Maybe no injuries or serious damage but nicks and scratches for sure.
Don’t take my word for it though. Do a search on the million clipless threads.