Writing from the Heart: When mushrooms aren’t an option - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Writing from the Heart: When mushrooms aren’t an option - The Martha's Vineyard Times

I’ve grown impatient with how long it’s been taking me to heal from my open-heart surgery. In the first two months after I came home, when people asked how I was doing, my answer was, “Amazing.” And that’s genuinely how I felt. Amazing. No more pain pills. No more pain. I could make my own breakfast, do everything I always have done. Just not as much. And not as quickly.  But now four months out when people ask how I’m doing, I answer, “I’m frag…