Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary
Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.
Tamika Felder Built Cervivor. Then She Built a Family.
At 25, cervical cancer forced Tamika Felder into a hysterectomy without fertility preservation. Two decades later, another survivor donated embryos that helped her become a mother. A story about systemic gaps, advocacy, and the family she built anyway.
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Join the recurring Out of Patients dispatch from Matthew Zachary covering the latest American healthcare shenanigans. Essays, podcast episodes, media appearances, book updates, and live events delivered with a sardonic Gen X perspective from a patient who simply refuses to shut up.
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