https://rons-home.net/en/blog Stay up to date with Ron Piggott's day to day life, activites and efforts to serve individuals living with chronic pain, physical disabilities and those who rely on a wheelchair for their mobility. https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3596 I am really enjoying decorating my 16 inch tall Christmas tree. I have the LED lights situated so they are displayed throughout the tree. The local dollar store is selling mini Christmas tree decorations. I am going to put a decoration on the end https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3596 2026-10-27 10:03:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3595 My original left knee joint isn't doing okay. It is beating me up real good. It is incredible the pain it is creating. The pain is soft tissue damage in nature. It is incredibly hard to bring soft tissue pain under control. The pain is using up https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3595 2026-10-26 20:27:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3594 I have done the next ⅓ of my drone pilot continuing education. The aeronautical regulations have been updated since the last time I did my continuing educations 2 years ago. All the changes appear to be reasonable and in the name of safety. Befo https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3594 2026-10-26 09:53:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3593 I have about 6 hours of studying to do for my drone pilot credentials from Transport Canada. This is due by November 6th 2026. I have a good start on this. I about ⅓ through my continuing education. So far this is a review of aeronautical r https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3593 2026-10-25 18:41:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3592 One of my friends has been over to visit. While here he installed my new carbon monoxide detector for me. The carbon monoxide detector I had for my basement became contaminated. The motor on my furnace needed to be replaced. Some oil mist got https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3592 2026-10-25 17:55:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3591 I had a funny accident a few days ago. I was on the edge of bed reaching for someone just out of arms reach. I rolled off my body onto the floor. This didn't hurt. My blankets came with me. But I landed on top of the plastic male urinal I u https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3591 2026-10-24 19:03:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3590 In today's mail is my approval letter for Canada Disability Benefit. What this means for me is an additional $200 in disability benefits each month. This came about after the Federal Government of Canada established a standard for the cost of liv https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3590 2026-10-22 18:06:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3589 I am starting to feel like I am no longer just surviving with 3 of my joints replaced and I focus some on living my life again. I purchased a mini Christmas tree, mini lights and mini decorations for the tree. This will be my first Christmas https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3589 2026-10-22 17:41:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3588 My pre-surgery anaesthetist appointment was interesting in a good way. In 2015 the anaesthetist has great difficulty putting the sedation in my spine. I wanted to understand what exactly was wrong and if having a spinal sedation is danger https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3588 2026-10-22 13:13:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3587 My pre-surgery screening nursing appointment went really well. I don't think I could be more satisfied then I presently am. There were about 40 questions I needed to answer "yes" or "no" to. Each question is a specific illness or ailment https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3587 2026-10-22 12:33:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3586 I have finished my pre-surgery physiotherapy appointment. This was time well spent. Since we had this appointment in April 2026 the physiotherapist wanted to know exactly what I needed to go over with him. We reviewed the physiotherapy for t https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3586 2026-10-22 11:57:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3585 I am now packed and ready for my pre-surgery screening and physiotherapy appointments tomorrow. For my pre-surgery screening nurse appointment I need to bring all my medications and supplements in their original containers. In addition to doing https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3585 2026-10-21 20:21:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3584 The use of Tylenol has been effective in managing the pain I experience following my recent joint replacement surgeries. I have purchased a 3 month supply. When 3 months have passed I will re-assess if this needs to be continued. Besides managin https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3584 2026-10-21 13:15:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3583 I have now arranged the hotel stay for the 2 nights before my left knee replacement surgery. I need to spend the night before surgery in a hotel. This is because of the travel involved to the hospital my surgeon belongs to. The reason for the se https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3583 2026-10-20 20:44:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3582 I ordered another 9 "Lest We Forget" pins to give away to Canadian service members as I encounter them while going about my life. These have been delivered. It is really nice being able to encourage members of the Canadian armed forces with one https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3582 2026-10-20 13:34:00+00