Bill Horden's COPD Advocate

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May 1, 1929 - March 30, 2003

Bill Horden
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Hello,

I am a long-term sufferer of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), a combination (in my case) of emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and asthma. A side effect of the COPD is the recent development of angina and atrial tachycardia. My condition is sufficiently severe as to require the use of supplemental oxygen, 24 hours a day.

Thanks to my participation in the Pulmonary Rehabilitation (or "wellness") program offered by St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, California, and continued exercise and support-group participation, I am relatively active and lead an interesting and rewarding life.

I call myself an "Impatient Advocate" of pulmonary Rehabilitation and of better and more assertive treatment of pulmonary disease. Several papers I have written have been well received by both patients and health care providers, and are reproduced here for public review and use.

You are invited to copy and distribute all materials on this web site, with appropriate credit, subject to the following conditions:

each article or item must be copied in its entirety, without editing, and;
each paper or article must be distributed free of charge to the recipients.

Please note that I have no financial interest in any institution, product, organization, or individual business mentioned on this web site, and that all royalties received for publication of my materials are promptly donated to my charities.

Sincerely,

Bill Horden

What You Will Find here at the COPD Advocate Site

Unchanged original major web sections

A COPD Survival Guide A paper written for all COPD or emphysema patients and their families. Many newly-diagnosed patients find it especially helpful. Comments from other COPD patients appear at the end of the article.

An SOB In The Kitchen A nutrition guide, menu planner, and "cookbook" written especially to meet the needs of COPD patients and their caregivers.

Patience, Patients The "Patient's Checklist" of suggested personal data and records.

How To Talk To Doctors For a different writer's point of view.

Short of Breath in San Antonio An ideal pulmonary support/wellness concept.

An SOB's Hyperlinks A comprehensive list of Web resources to help expedite your research.

Individual Writings and Articles

Patients Must Look For Best COPD Care - An article which appeared in the March 23, 1998 issue of Advance magazine. (One of the best known articles)

Three short writings: I offer these thoughts, Give your Doctor a Break and A Thought on Diagnostic Genius

Operation Education: Referred to as Op-Ed features two different items:

Wellness, Not Rehab, For COPD is an article written by Bill Horden which was first published on the Airwaves Website in January 1999

I'm an Addict - written in 1998 by Bill Powell, refers to the much read COPD Survival Guide

Free or Inexpensive Drugs - information originally published in the Wall Street journal

Doing Nothing Doesn't Pay, Either - An Article by Bill Horden which first appeared in Advance magazine.

Letters - Two E-mails to Bill Horden which simply and richly illustrate the power of informed patients and/or caregivers.

Pending evaluation and updating
(Note: Information in these sections should NOT be considered current -
we are awaiting verifications - usually of contact persons and addresses)

Hall of Fame A project aimed at promoting better medical care and patient support by recognizing the individuals and organizations that make our lives a little better.

Pulmonary Support Groups Local pulmonary support groups with whom contacts have been established

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Facilities A national directory of pulmonary rehabilitation facilities.

Archived for Historical purposes

Op-Ed (Historical Page - illustrating conditions in1998) The Intro reads: "I offer you an opportunity to do something about it if your oxygen service has suffered under Medicare or HMO cutbacks (and take the opportunity to express the opinions of myself, and others, as I deem them significant)."

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