In reply to James91:
Yes, had around 20 dislocations by the time it got fixed!
Fixed up fine for climbing (and kayaking every day) but its worth mentioning to the surgeon that's what you want to do. And repeat it till you're blue in the face to the physio, otherwise you could end up getting fobbed off with simply being 'functional'(can get dressed, lift a kettle, drive!).
I found the overhead movements the ones that took longest to a)come back and b)get strong again - Much longer than all the other ROM.
Back to easy climbing - ie slabs/no big dynamic pulling moves or small holds - by six months. Possibly could of been sooner but the fear of going too hard too soon and ending up back at square one was enough to make me be patient.
If surgery is definitely happening its worth getting some physio before-hand to make everything around the damaged stuff as strong as possible. They guy who did mine reckons that played a huge part in how quick it recovered. Obvs age plays a massive part too.
Its a pretty long, tedious time but well worth it, 98% of the time I can't tell the difference between the fixed one and the other one now.