One of Those Days

[rodmkr]

Had an appointment to get my hearing aid adjusted yesterday.
Came home and found wife laying in the back yard nearly unconscious.
Trip to emergency room and several hours later found out she had fallen and badly bruised knee and hip.
Will be layed up for several weeks.
With her Dementia I doubt she will ever get completely well again.
So now I am the full time caregiver and all around house boy.
Which means no projects or range time for me.

Now for a question for everyone.
One thing I can do is clean and repair all of my gear.
I am looking for some foam to repair my ear muffs.
Found some but costs more to ship than cost of material!
Not worth it to me so am looking for alternatives .
All ideas accepted.

rodmkr

 

[Gary]

I bet Brad can help you with that one. So sorry for your situation with the wife, I'm in the same boat with a spouse that has advanced Parkinson Disease.

 

[Brad]

Watching my parents and in-laws go thru this stuff is bad enough, knowing it is hitting you guys makes me sad.

I wish nothing but the best for all of you.

 

[Kevin Stenberg]

If any of you need to talk. I am here and available.

 

[462]

Lots of dementia/Alzheimer's experience, here, dealing with my mother-in-law.
Like Kevin said, just ask.

 

[popper]

Hopefully she will improve. At least it wans't heart attack or stroke. Not an easy job praise to anyone willing to do it (and all the old folks home workers). Mom wasn't too bad til the end. Friend with Parkinsons just got new meds to help him.

 

[fiver]

I think they just use open cell foam rubber in those.
the same stuff is used in furniture, mattresses, and car seats.

 

[Ian]

yep, open cell foam. If you want to improve them a great deal you can put a thin layer of OC foam, then as big a piece of Flex-tape or foil-backed asphalt flashing as you can get in there WITHOUT the edges touching any part of the cup, and put another thin piece of OC foam over that. If you get a chance to stop by a car audio shop, ask for a couple small corners of Dynamat or whatever brand they use for sound deadening and use that. Mass-loaded vinyl is even better but you'd have to find a really high-end place that does whole interior strip-outs to get any scraps. Second Skin makes a product called Luxury Liner which is 1 lb per square foot mass-loaded vinyl bonded to a thin closed-cell foam backer, if you could get a couple of 3" circles (like speaker cut-out scraps) from a car audio shop that would be about perfect.