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Hi Kimberly,

Welcome to the site. I think there are a few resources that would definitely help in your caregiving.

For one, we just launched a new COPD site -- Jane Martin is one of the experts there and has a lot of experience in COPD. Here are some of the resources that may be able to help.

I hope this helps!  

Krystle, Producer, MyAsthmaCentral.com 

Hi Kimberly,

I was doing some research here and found a couple links with some information about treatments for COPD. In one interesting article by David Mendosa, there is talk about something called a Commander. This is primarily for people with diabetes, but is also good for people with COPD. It transmits information to a central location to help medical professionals monitor levels. You can read about it here, but I have quoted a small portion below too.

"Cardiocom designed the system for people with "multiple comorbidities" who need what he calls "multiple biometric measurements." In other words, they need to keep track of a lot of things related to their health. The biggest percentage of them have congestive heart failure, but many of these people also have diabetes.

If in addition to diabetes you have other conditions like heart failure, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or coronary artery disease (CAD), the Commander system could be just what you need."

Anyway, hope this information is useful. Take care, stay in touch and let us know how your husband is doing!

Vicki M