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/3560 I have finally made it to my local Home Depot. I have purchased some more rat traps, a battery powered smoke detector and a battery powered carbon monoxide detector. A rat has managed to get into my home. I am trying to situate traps where I https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3560 2026-10-09 09:17:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3559 I skinned above my ankle by accident 5 days ago. I accidentally rubbed it against some wood while I was trying to take a few steps. This took some skin off. The sore above my ankle isn't recovering. It isn't getting worse. But it isn't improv https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3559 2026-10-07 11:28:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3558 I keep a supply of metal Remembrance Day "Least We Forget" pins to give away to Canadian military members. I have been doing this for several years now. My supply has run low. I just ordered another 9. I have no idea how long it will take to https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3558 2026-10-06 16:49:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3557 Once a day I have been logging into my Canada Revenue Agency account. I have been doing this to check if my 2023, 2024 and 2025 income tax returns have been processed. They have now been assessed. I am hoping to see the benefits I am eligible fo https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3557 2026-10-06 15:32:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3556 The seromas under both of my artificial hip revision surgeries last year aren't letting up. It keeps making me feel dizzy and like I am going to vomit. For better or worse I have decided to reach out to the plastic surgeon responsible for managing https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3556 2026-10-06 15:22:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3555 The eczema on my face has flared up. I need to be using soap that is compatible with eczema instead of the soap the gym providers in their dispensers. I ordered a silicone travelling soap dish. It has been delivered. I am really glad. I have b https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3555 2026-10-06 15:11:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3554 The surgeon who replaced both of my artificial hip joints last year and my right knee joint earlier this year resigned. He has relocated and is now teaching the next generation of orthopaedic surgeons how to perform joint replacement surgeries. I https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3554 2026-10-06 12:11:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3553 I was up from pain in the night. It wasn't ready to use the pool for the 9AM time slot like I had planned. I was needing more rest when I got up at 8:30AM. But with my pain under control and only feeling tired I decided I would eat and head to https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3553 2026-10-04 11:10:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3552 My friend Andy made it over to visit and help me. We had a good visit. Today we spent the time outside getting my window air conditioner away for winter. While Andy worked on this I did some weeding. I really needed someone to be with the stat https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3552 2026-10-02 17:20:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3551 I just had the annual inspection and servicing of my furnace. There was nothing unexpected found. They gave my furnace a good cleaning using a vacuum cleaner. This should extend the life of the bearings. https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3551 2026-09-30 14:48:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3550 I have just finished my right knee physiotherapy for today. I am really pleased. The range of motion in my right knee is increasing. I am able to do more repetitions before my knee joint goes stiff. It is taking longer to achieve pain that will https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3550 2026-09-28 16:00:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3549 Yesterday evening I tried taking a few steps. It was difficult to do so. What motivated me was a surgeon appointment coming up to discuss replacing my left knee joint. I needed to get a sense of how my artificial right knee joint is progressing https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3549 2026-09-28 09:03:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3548 I have started to really enjoy the recovery from my right knee joint replacement. This has been a very painful process. But my artificial right knee joint has been positively responding to the physiotherapy. With my right knee joint beginnin https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3548 2026-09-27 20:45:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3547 I have had another breakthrough with the physiotherapy for my right knee joint replacement. My right knee joint has suddenly become looser. This is the third time this has happened during my recovery. My surgeon explained to me when this happens https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3547 2026-09-24 20:45:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3546 The technician has just finished the repair to my furnace. That horrible smell that woke me up in the middle a few days ago was my furnace motor burning out. There has been a very weak breeze coming from the furnace during heating cycles. https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3546 2026-09-24 14:22:00+00