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To be honest the "broken bone" pain went after about a week.
Although the soft tissues were very tender and painful (I hit the deck at about 30 mph according to my garmin)
Taping was pain free, it's non absorbent so even after a shower it was fairly dry. The taping was more for support rather than to keep it still, my shoulder just felt floppy so taping helped stop that feeling. I could still move my arm and was encouraged to do so (active recovery). Stuff like hair washing and using deodorant were very painful but again encouraged.
The main thing I was told is keep it moving SLOWLY otherwise keeping it still in a sling just heals the bone but then you need physio to get everything moving again and up to strength so basically a longer recovery time.
My recovery exercises looked a bit like a one armed version of the birdie song dance but they worked.
Drug wise I took neurofen plus for the pain and swelling and a nightol to send me to sleep. Needless to say I slept pain free and like a log which I am sure contributed to my recovery.