So I took some advice from my last post responses and picked up a home monitoring device. It's a manual inflate self-taking w/ the sphyga-thingy. I think I got the hang of it but sometimes when releasing the valve when it reaches, say, 150, I hear a kind of phantom heart beat which then goes away after about 3 beats, then when I continue to release I hear the real beat (with no mistaking) approx 10-15mm lower. Do I go with the real deal or is that phantom beat the actual systolic? And is it OK to stop the release when I hear the beat to look closer at the sphyg and then continue until I no longer hear it and get the dialostic? I think I've got the hang of it but I figured this board probably knows the ins and outs. Thanks.
I have been so busy with the new home and fixing it. Now I have an acre of ground to tend to as well. Anyway, on this subject I get the same thing but being an old Medical Assistant I know that the that phantom beat you are hearing is the not the first reading. You will know when it really starts to beat. On the subject of the automatic monitor, can someone give me a good one to get so I can run out and get one today? I have the doc's type now with the dial not the mercury but I have always heard that the mercury is the most accurate. Lisa 
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