On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 07:59:13 GMT, Gunner
shouted from the rooftop:

I have to purchase a blood pressure monitor for my wife. She has to
be able to use it by herself. There is a wide variety of styles (and
prices)

Omron HEM- 413C.
Simple enough that an old lady can use it.
Dead accurate.
Cheap.

Do not get the self inflating kind of monitor. They tend to make the
patient anxious by removing a layer of control. The anxiety will raise
BP.

-Carl
"An honest man doesn't need a long memory"- Jesse Ventura