In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:34:41 -0700, Dan Abel wrote:

> >> These shoes for diabetics are designed in such a way so as to
> >
> > make lots of money for certain shoe companies. Have you looked at the
> > prices for these things? Ridiculous!
> >
> > I would suggest talking to a real medical person before investing an
> > extra US$100 in a pair of shoes.
>
> one thing i've noticed since becoming handicapped is that handicapped gear
> is *expensive*. i don't know whether it's economies of scale or a captive
> market that is responsible. i suspect the latter.

My father has US$300 tennis shoes. They look just like any other tennis
shoes, although they were custom fitted. He used to get his nails cut,
at US$140 each time. He didn't pay for either one of these, you and I
paid, from Medicare. My sister fired the nail trimmer, because he
wanted my father to have unnecessary surgery. My father has no pain in
his feet (no feeling, either), and his problems with walking have to do
with his legs, not his feet.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA