Ping: David Cohen - blood pressure cuff advice?

I need to start monitoring my blood pressure at home. It was 150/100 on friday, my highest ever. If it goes any higher we're going to have to put me on more medication to lower it. Given my platelet count, I'm really not liking having blood pressure this high. My doctors were worried about bleeding with blood pressure increses during exercise before all these treatments when my blood pressure was 100/60, so I'm REALLY not comfortable at this point and I need more than a bi-weekly reading in the doctor's office (I'm in for blood tests twice weekly, but the nurses are often too busy to take my blood pressure). So: what should I look for in buying a blood pressure cuff for home? They have these automatic ones that cost about $100 dollars here, available from most pharmacies. I haven't had very good luck with the digital thermometers sold at pharmacies, though, so I thought I'd ask around a bit before buying the cuff (but only a little bit, I need to get this thing soon if only for psychological relief).

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