Maybe you can write a letter about how you feel and then just burn it, it might help you, i constantly do that
They both worked with chemistry as their man science.
To answer the first question, it would vary. Depending on what the bullet went through the shoulder is very packed with muscle, bone, nerves, and blood vessels. An injury there could cause dialapitation for months, not to mention many more for rehab.
Getting a flesh wound in the leg is probably better off, give seen people walking comfortable without a cane within two or three weeks minus the wincing.