Question for aka's/Barr Foundation

[tbar at gate.net]

Michael, thank you for your kind comments (I think ?) below :) !!
 
Provide us with more funding and we can expand our age considerations.
We have provided many amputees pre 18 year of age and  post 60 with
prosthetic rehabilitation.
We would love to provide funding to everyone whom applies, pay buy
downs,etc.
 
The best leg in the world cant make people walk faster if they don't have
the will.
We often provide legs for folks that just want to get to the bathroom a few
times a day.
When they cant do that, they generally end up in a full care nursing home at
govt.expense(taxpayers) of $300 + a day!!
We are also faced with several states eliminating Medicaid coverage for
prosthetics as well as a new supply of 3,000 amputees each week in this
country alone.
Work the numbers and you'll soon see how strained our financial resources
can be.
Its not uncommon for amputees to be somewhat cynical .
 
Dan Sheret's recent comments were attacked merely as him attempting to make
a point that one most have the will to overcome disability and not rely on
prosthetic rehabilitation to magically make them a super amp.
Jim Street's unfortunate comments elude to his frustration of not being
provide a $40,000 leg to make him walk faster.
Mine in attempt to expose the other side of folks having no funding
resources.
 
I guess it's all relative to your own personal situation, but one thing for
sure.
We are all using a couple of grand $$ worth of computer technology to expose
our frustrations, our successes and have the ability to interact with each
other, and perhaps help one another, which hopefully is what this forum is
all about.
 
Tony
 

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From: AMP-L-owner at u.washington.edu [mailto:AMP-L-owner at u.washington.edu] On
Behalf Of Michael F. Chamness
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 1:22 AM
To: Amputee Information Network
Subject: Re: Question for aka's/Barr Foundation


Tony Barr is an interesting and active participant in this forum, and I
enjoy reading his postings. His foundation continues to do lots of good for
people, and he deserves the support most interested people try to give him.
 
But...when I read something like: >...based on prioritizing US citizens ,age
18-60 years old -  I have to say to myself, there it is again, that old-age
thing. So at 64 I'm completely out of the running anyway, which is mostly
why Kaiser was not willing to spend anything on a prosthetic for me. Its a
good thing I don't really want one anyway, but I'm sure there are a lot of
people over 60 who would like a prosthetic and don't have one for various
reasons. Maybe if I were an athletic, vigorous, jock-type 64....
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Michael F. Chamness
PO Box 22
Montpelier, ND 58472
chamness at daktel.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: tbar at gate.net 
To: Amputee Information Network <mailto:amp-l at u.washington.edu>  
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:06 PM
Subject: RE: Question for aka's/Barr Foundation

So there is no misunderstanding from the below post to AMP-L.
 
The Barr Foundation does not fund the cost or fittings of C-legs (however we
will accept them and conventional prosthetic components as tax deductible
donations),nor do we subsidize other forms of payments.
Appications for funding require they be requested by a licensed /certified
prosthetist in the name of the applicant.
Funding approval are based on prioritizing US citizens ,age 18-60 years old
and first time amputee whom have never had a prosthesis.
 
If you care to donate $5, $10,$20,$100 or more or components as a tax
deductible donations, please send to 
Barr Foundation
136 Northeast Olive Way
Boca Raton, Florida 33432
When we recieve we will acknowledge your contribution with a letter and
federal tax identifcation number.
 
Tony Barr
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr 

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From: AMP-L-owner at u.washington.edu [mailto:AMP-L-owner at u.washington.edu] On
Behalf Of jamiejeanne
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 4:45 PM
To: Amputee Information Network
Subject: Re: Question for aka's


Try going on theC-leg/Barr web site, enter your info (story) in the
"sales/additional info request area" and/or look for the Barr scholarship
application on the web.  We have spoken with Tony Barr who has been very
supportive. My partner is 4 months post amputation and still does not even
have a leg...no one will pay for it.  Barr said he would IF she is rejected
by every other option.  He was very nice.  Good luck..it will change and you
will walk faster. In the meantime...listen to your body, go slow, because it
is a slow process.  Don't hurt yourself more.  With care, Jamie and Jeanne

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jim  <mailto:james.street at comcast.net> Street 
To: Amputee Information Network <mailto:amp-l at u.washington.edu>  
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 11:09 PM
Subject: Question for aka's

I've been trundling around on my new leg for about six weeks and I've fallen
seriously five times and crumpled together about three times.  Once I was
trying to impress my PT on how well I was walking and I fell into a flower
pot in my back yard and drew a moderate amount of blood out of the back of
my head and another time I was trying to impress the surgeon and just barely
avoided cracking my forehead into the examination table.  Luckily I haven't
been seriously hurt by any of these falls but my confidence has a huge dent
right in the middle, the size of a moon crater.
To add to my troubles, I'm really frustrated that I can't walk any faster.
I know it sounds like I should slow down and not be worried about being so
slow but I can't stand having people wait for me while I swing along behind
them like a wounded baboon.  
Sorry for the silly imagery but it seems to fit.
I guess my question is, what can I do to walk faster and keep the knee from
collapsing?  I don't have anything but a dead foot and I have a 3B60 Otto
Bok knee.  My stump is almost to the knee.  I would like to get a C-leg and
my surgeon has written an order for one.  He smiled encouragingly and said
he has already got one (he's from Kaiser) for one of his patients.  That
doesn't sound too encouraging.  (Only ONE patient?)  The price was quoted to
me as $37,000 for the C-leg.  (My Kaiser plan pays 80% if approved.)  That's
about the price for a Lexis SRV.  Does anyone have any experience with a
C-leg or with feet or knees that allow faster walking?
 
Thanks,
 
Jim Street

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