Darrell:

Sorry for your hard luck, medical-wise. As a silver lining for your cloud, kilts ARE way-the-hell more comfortable than trousers. Even if you didn't have a condition steering you toward kilts, you would probably wonder why you didn't make the switch years ago, as most guys on this board do.

As for the possibility of ridicule or worse: I wouldn't worry. As long as you wear your kilt with dignity and keep an unambiguously masculine appearance, most people will get it. (Those who don't ... well, that's their problem, not yours.) A seasoned gentleman in a kilt can actually turn heads. You may well have just the opposite of ridicule.