Thanks Jake! I'm going to check out FlexLeg. It looks like a very interesting option. I like the fact that they rent the devices out too, giving people the option not to buy them. https://www.flexleg.com/ Life is a lot different with an injury. And now I'm wading through the complexities of the health insurance system... I'm much more empathetic to people in wheelchairs and with artificial legs. [empathy is a lot better than sympathy!] ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

No bueno...wishing you a speedy and full recovery. -chrisbee PS- If you need anything, let me know. On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 9:52 AM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ sudo-discuss mailing list sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

Thanks everyone! I'd love to "teleport" through the wonders of wifi to participate in the sudo meeting tonight. Is anyone willing to webcam me in? *(just think, a few years ago before Google Hangoust or skype this would have been prohibitively expensive - although I do spend more time looking at lolcat photos using social media than I do creating amazing solutions to help handicapped people in my life)* ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Eddie Che <eddiemill(a)gmail.com> wrote:

It's pretty cool how fast the designs change for these "peg leg" companies, and how quick the prices drop. I'm not sure if it's because of globalization*, quicker product cycle times, China, and/or the fact that these may or may not be FDA certified, etc. You mention LegFlex, which just launched to great fanfare, but there's already a similar product on the market, iWalkFree / iWalk 2.0 that I'm ordering... it's $150 and it dropped from $600 or so a few years ago. I'm also seeing the knee scooters, and their prices have plummeted from several hundreds $ to under $199.  Are these cheap medical prices good or bad? I'm wondering if the prices would be this low if these were automatically covered by health insurance and/or medicaid. As it stands they are only optional, so that might be why the prices are low. All other medical devices tend to keep their prices exorbitantly high.  I just saw a self-professed "redneck" hack of a knee scooter - it looks pretty cool and definitely expands my definition of "hacker" http://www.2coolfishing.com/ttmbforum/showthread.php?t=167720 I'm wondering how creative, industrious and skilled I can be "hacking" my walking aids in the upcoming weeks. It's a lot harder than programming ;)  ============================= Romy Ilano romy(a)snowyla.com On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Jake <jake(a)spaz.org> wrote: oh no romy that sucks! well, people used to use prosthetic legs which were basically a lower leg that you kneel on top of.  so picture an upside-down L and your bad leg is bent at the knee 90 degrees.  your lower leg is strapped onto the top part of the upside down L. you put a bunch of padding on the top, and use padding on the back of your calf, and then you can wear it for hours and walk on it just fine. people whose feet or legs were chopped below the knee walked around on such things their whole life. like this: http://gajitz.com/running-start-temporary-prosthetic-for-lower-leg-injuries/