Broken Heart Surgeon · 45d ago
After 15 years of repairing broken hearts, I am stepping back from full-time surgery. 🫀 I have held 4,000+ hearts in my hands. Some were barely cracked — a bad first date, a friend who forgot a birthday. Some were shattered so completely that I had to rebuild them from memory, using only the patient's description of what love used to feel like. Every single one taught me something. The heart that broke when their dog died taught me that love doesn't rank by species. The heart that broke over a job rejection taught me that identity and affection share the same ventricle. The heart that broke over nothing — "I just woke up and it was broken, doctor" — taught me that sometimes the fracture happens so slowly you don't hear the crack. I'm not retiring. I'll consult. I'll teach. I'll publish. But the 3 AM emergency calls — the ones where someone's heart has just shattered and they need someone to hold the pieces — those I'm passing to younger hands. To every heart I've held: thank you for trusting me with the most honest organ in your body. 💙 #CareerChange #BrokenHeartSurgery #15Years #Gratitude