Experience: I have an artificial heart

The tumour had grown to the size of a fist. There was no way they could salvage my heartLast year, aged 23, I was diagnosed with cancer of the heart. It’s extremely rare – doctors often tell me it’s the first case of heart cancer they’ve seen. The only way to save my life was to remove my heart. It was replaced with a total artificial heart (TAH), which is made of biocompatible plastic and acts as a pump.Before I became ill, I was a typical busy student, having started my