Out of Patients with Matthew Zachary
Out of Patients with Matthew Zachary
Matthew Zachary is the healthcare policy love child of Jon Stewart, Howard Stern, Thomas Paine, Ralph Nader, and Jerry Seinfeld. He has 19 years of receipts to prove it. Editorially independent. Answerable to no one. What started as The Stupid Cancer Show in 2007 became Out of Patients. The first online health podcast in America, predating the medium itself. Zachary survived brain cancer at 21, built the young adult cancer movement from scratch, and spent two decades channeling patient rage into something the system never saw coming. Now he is marching into Washington. Out of Patients goes where the comfortable shows will not. Politics. Healthcare policy. Economics. Institutional accountability. Consumer protection. The forces shaping what 330 million Americans can access, afford, and survive. Battle-scarred patients. Exhausted caregivers. Rare insiders brave enough to name what is killing us. And the occasional elected official about to find out what an organized patient constituency actually looks like. This is the show that started the conversation America is still not ready to finish.
Oct. 25, 2022

Getting Endlessly Misdiagnosed Is Fabulous!

Getting Endlessly Misdiagnosed Is Fabulous!

The amazing Victoria Fenton joins me today from across the pond in England to share one of the greatest British accents I've ever welcomed to the program. Well, that and the fabulous feeling when you know something is wrong with your body, and no medical professional will take you seriously while regurgitating back to you that it's all in your head. Victoria was misdiagnosed for over a decade as a teenager while suffering from all sorts of life-threatening symptoms. Consistently greeted with "You have mental health issues. Get over it." she was finally diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a group of hereditary disorders of connective tissue. She realized that when you have no control over something, it helps you take control of it. She chose to immerse herself in natural language processing and cognitive behavioral therapy. She soon realized the obvious: Our minds and our bodies can control the way we interact with the universe around us. Not heal. Not sure. But help manage the way we deal with stressors. Enjoy the show.

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The amazing Victoria Fenton joins me today from across the pond in England to share one of the greatest British accents I've ever welcomed to the program. Well, that and the fabulous feeling when you know something is wrong with your body, and no medical professional will take you seriously while regurgitating back to you that it's all in your head. Victoria was misdiagnosed for over a decade as a teenager while suffering from all sorts of life-threatening symptoms. Consistently greeted with "You have mental health issues. Get over it." she was finally diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a group of hereditary disorders of connective tissue. She realized that when you have no control over something, it helps you take control of it. She chose to immerse herself in natural language processing and cognitive behavioral therapy. She soon realized the obvious: Our minds and our bodies can control the way we interact with the universe around us. Not heal. Not sure. But help manage the way we deal with stressors. Enjoy the show.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.