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/3519 I purchased some frozen meals to make it easier to manage my recovery from my right knee replacement surgery. This is for my first week using the Workout Room equipment. What has lead me to use their Workout Room is the city sports facility aquati https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3519 2026-09-01 13:43:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3518 I have been really enjoying working towards getting my blog caught up to date when there is a break between my use of the warm water therapy pool. I have my new Bluetooth keyboard. I stopped in at the office supply store and purchased a binder wit https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3518 2026-09-01 13:26:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3517 I was given a September 3rd 2026 and 9:30 AM appointment with a surgeon to further discuss replacing my left knee joint. The timing of this appointment simply won't work. It isn't compatible with the VIA Rail Canada train schedule and the Kingston https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3517 2026-08-31 10:45:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3516 I am going to make up a batch of oatmeal bars. I am going to make theme apple based. Since I am having a really hard time with pain causing nausea I am using apple sauce and other ingredients that are already cut and crushed. I am having to make https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3516 2026-08-29 12:56:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3515 I have spent the past hour in the city operated sports facility Workout Room. This is the first time I have used it for the recovery of my knee joint replacement surgery. I am tuckered out. I need to go home and have a rest. The good news i https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3515 2026-08-29 12:06:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3514 The aquatic center within the sports facility operated by the city where I live has now closed for 3 weeks. This is a planned annual closure for preventative maintenance. For me it means I can't use their warm water therapy pool for the time being https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3514 2026-08-28 16:30:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3513 The nerve pain in my knee joint that wasn't replaced has flared up. I'm back to feeling like I will vomit and faint when I moved in a way that causes the pain to surge. I made another appointment with my family doctor. We have increased the dos https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3513 2026-08-28 12:37:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3512 My new artificial knee has popped again while doing physiotherapy in the warm water therapy pool. It wasn't dramatic or painful. It is reasonable to conclude this is more scar tissue letting go. This has given me a very reasonable range of m https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3512 2026-08-27 16:30:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3511 The public transit where I live is tweaking the transit routes and the frequency of each bus effective September 8th 2026. What preceded this was the Government of Ontario limiting the publicly funded colleges enrolment of international students. https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3511 2026-08-26 21:55:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3510 Some how I managed to make my left knee joint worse. It hasn't let up over the past week. The pain keeps making me feel like I am going to vomit. When the pain is really bad I can't tell which way is up from being dizzy. I have been prescribed https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3510 2026-08-26 19:29:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3509 When I had an appointment with the surgeon who replaced both of my artificial hips in 2025 and my right knee joint earlier this month he promised he would get me a surgeon to replace my other knee joint. He promised to talk to the orthopaedic surg https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3509 2026-08-24 15:54:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3508 I have now learned how to raise up my right leg and make it straight while remaining seated. This has been a really encouraging development. It has been a very hard recovery from my knee replacement surgery. I am really grateful for the progress https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3508 2026-08-24 12:53:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3507 I have done some maintenance to my web site. I am trying to make it more cell phone and tablet friendly. I had hoped Bootstrap would have been able to do a better job of adjusting for the device the website is being viewed on. But I now think my https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3507 2026-08-24 09:52:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3506 I have had the canned beans and diced tomato at my home to make up another batch of bean salad. A few days ago I purchased celery. I have gone ahead and made up another batch of bean salad. I usually eat this with fish and a piece of fruit to mak https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3506 2026-08-23 19:47:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3505 I just finished using the warm water therapy pool. Today I noticed how it was easier doing the stretches compared to 2 weeks ago. My artificial right knee joint is healing. I couldn't be more relieved and grateful. I am really glad this was https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3505 2026-08-18 16:30:00+00