[gui-talk] Blood pressure arm cuff sizes? (was Talking blood pressure and pulse devices?)

Mon Jan 12 02:58:46 UTC 2009

Hi Will,

Well, I saw in one of the several Amazon listings for the same talking 
product (why so many, seemingly for the identical product, I have no idea) 
that the medium cuff is 9. something inches to 14.2 inches. the large is for 
14.2 to 17-something inches.

A neighbor with a tape measure just measured my upper arm about where the 
cuff goes, with my arm held slightly bent, as they always do for the 
reading. She got a circumference of 12.4 inches. So I guess I'm safely 
within the medium category and don't have to think about that anymore.

By the way, as long as we're giving out our stats, I'm 5'8" tall and 
currently weigh around 165. I was 20 pounds fatter until I spent a week in 
the hospital, then broke my various snacking/overeating habits after 
returning home. The heart problem doesn't exactly increase my appetite, to 
put it a bit wryly. So now I'm at a healthier weight than I've been for 
years. For all the good it does, what with having this very serious problem 
that I didn't cause in the first place by overweight, cholesterol, 
hypertension or smoking. "Idiopathic" cause, as the doctors say when they 
can't find a specific cause for something like this. Now I'm researching all 
the pros and cons of the ICD they want to implant in me. Mailing list forum 
and all that.

Ack. Thanks for the support,
Joel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Smith" <wilsmith at iglou.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Blood pressure arm cuff sizes? (was Talking blood 
pressure and pulse devices?)

I am about 5'11' and a bit over 200 lbs.  I required a large cuff by a
bit--about an inch over the top limit for the supplied medium cuff.  I
suppose you could see if the supplied medium cuff would work for you.  If
not you could order the large one later on.

Will
  On Sun, 11 Jan 2009, Joel
Deutsch wrote:

> will,
>
> One thing I noticed. On Amazon, the LifeSource models, including the 
> talking
> one, clearly have cuffs that go around the bicep or upper arm, however you
> want to put it, but they say nothing about variability in cuff sizes.
>
> However, there's another company with a few products like these listed,
> sounding very much like the LifeSource units, but they come in different 
> arm
> or cuff sizes. Is this something consider? I'm not a man with huge, arms,
> and there never seems to have been any problem at the doctor's office
> fitting me for a blood pressure reading. but I am aware that, even when I
> haven't been doing my bicep curls with hand weights so that my biceps are 
> a
> bit bigger and harder when I flex my arm, my upper arms still aren't 
> exactly
> "thin."  Is this an issue? Again, I'm not a huge man or a big fat man,
> either, and nurses have never had any problem. but should I go to a 
> neighbor
> or the nearest tailor with a tape measure and have my upper arm
> circumference measured so I see which size group (small, medium or large) 
> I
> belong to, as would seem you have to know to order this other brand? Let 
> me
> look at the Amazon page to see the name again.
>
> I see now. Never mind the other brand (A&D, it's called(. I see that the
> talking LifeSource comes in at least medium and large sizes, giving size 
> in
> inches. So I must have someone measure my upper arm, held only slightly 
> bent
> at the elbow as I do during this procedure?
>
> thanks.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Will Smith" <wilsmith at iglou.com>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 6:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Talking blood pressure and pulse devices?
>
>
>
> I have and recommend a talking blood pressure device I purchased from
> Amazon online.  It is the LifeSource model ua767t and it is quite accurate
> and easy to use.  I bought it a couple years ago to monitor my
> mypertension, for which I take several medications daily.  I took my unit
> several times to my doctor's office and my doctor measured my blood
> pressure with it in comparison with his unit.  It was quite accurate,
> getting the same number on both my unit and his non-talking doctor's
> office model.
>
> I hope this info will be helpful for you.
>
> Will
> wilsmith at iglou.com
>
>
>
> On Sat, 10 Jan 2009, Joel Deutsch wrote:
>
>> I've noticed  products in this category in online blind catalogues like
>> LS&S, Maxi-aids, and I'll bet other companies sell them, too. But last
>> time
>> I looked was a long time ago, when the idea of needing such things seemed
>> pretty remote. But I've got serious heart problems now, and not only do I
>> need to be helped finding these units, but I'd really appreciate comments
>> from experienced users about how accessible/usable they are and how
>> accurate
>> they are.
>>
>> thanks to anyone who can help. I don't want to just go online "window
>> shopping" but have no guide to what's good and what's dangerously
>> inaccurate, what's reasonably priced and what's a rip-off, and all that.
>>
>> thanks very much.
>>
>>
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