I've decided to pass on a lot of patches I've got for now. I've got a lot of shows coming up the next few months I wanna wait and see what's available before I add more on. But I'm really happy with how it's coming along!
Finally got to work on my battle vest. Lots more patches to put on but taking a break for now. And investing in a thimble. Some of these are iron on for now. I'll reinforce them later.
Gonna be a lot of metal/alt/edm and some country on here.
I'm still waiting on more patches. It's actually hard to find some for a lot of the newer and less known bands that I wanna put on. So I may have to DIY some for them. I'm also undecided on if I wanna go with the black or the grey. So far these are all bands I've seen multiple times. Some of the patches I'm waiting on are new bands I haven't had the opportunity to see yet. I've got some pins for the collars too, but waiting to see which vest I wanna start out with. Was tempted to do a Rock/Country vest and an EDM vest separately, but decided it'd be more fun for me to include them all on one vest for now.
Hey y'all!
Me, my wife and a few other friends decided to start working on our own Battle Vests. I had a question about what your thought processes are. Do you guys mostly get patches for bands you like or bands you've seen personally? I know it's going to come down to personal preference but I'm just trying to gauge what your thoughts are.
As for me, I have a very eclectic taste in music. I've ordered patches for a lot of the Rock, Metal, Country, Rap and EDM artists I've seen. And having seen so many bands in the last 20 years I can easily fill a vest with just the ones I've seen, but I've selected a few of the obvious and more obscure ones, and want to leave room for bands I'll see in the future.
For that, I kinda don't want to put on bands that I haven't seen live. Which I know would be totally okay.
But how many of the patches you put on your jackets or vests are from bands you haven't seen live?
I'm looking for information so I can help my in-laws and wife through this.
My mother in law (mid60s) was recently diagnosed with LE. Just a few days ago. We're still waiting on test results but they've started treatment with steroids.
My mother in law last week suddenly didn't recognize my father in law. She walked out of the house and tried to drive away. My FIL got the keys away from her, and when he went to grab his phone, she walked away and ended up just walking into a neighbors house.
She was taken by ambulance to the hospital and spent 4 days there, had MRIs done, a lumbar puncture and other tests. Alzheimer's and dementia were ruled out and the doctors ended up saying it was LE. I can't say much about the physical symptoms, but she's having a lot of cognitive problems. She kept thinking that the hospital room was her sisters apartment. At one point she called my wife (her daughter) her niece. She still had problems recognizing her husband.
My MIL is home now, and will look at my FIL and not recognize him. She says she feels uncomfortable getting into bed with him. They've been married for 40 years and this is killing my FIL and my wife is a mess.
I know we're still waiting on test results, and appointments for treatment and therapy. But I'm just trying to educate myself to help them. I'm also hoping to find any advice on how to handle this. I had my wife print out a picture of my FIL and MIL together and wrote "this man is your husband, he's safe" on it for her to put in her pocket hoping it could help her feeling of unease when she doesn't recognize him.
I'm just at such a loss on how to help and be supportive.