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/3421 I have really great news. There is some motion in my knee this morning as I walked to the toilet. This is the first time I could start to bend my knee since the surgery while taking steps. This is still not normal walking. But it is doing s https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3421 2026-06-08 08:55:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3420 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3420 2026-06-05 11:35:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3419 I just tried my new mattress for the first time. For only being 6 inches thick it is firm when I am laying down and my weight is all spread out. My body remains on top of it. This is instead of absorbing into the mattress. It took about 35 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3419 2026-06-04 11:23:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3418 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3418 2026-06-03 14:25:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3417 I just broke my record. I walked about 20 feet without a mobility aid. My steps weren't well formed. I am not suddenly an athlete. I am able to make my artificial knee joint work and tolerate the pain while doing some modest walking. https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3417 2026-06-01 13:07:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3416 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3416 2026-06-01 12:57:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3415 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3415 2026-05-31 10:17:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3414 The groceries I ordered to get me through most of June 2026 have been delivered. I have heavily focused on frozen food. The recovery from my right knee joint being replaced is beating the snot out of me. It is using up all the energy I ha https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3414 2026-05-30 21:06:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3413 In August 2025 I purchased a food dehydrator at a yard sale. What I wanted it for is to dehydrate fruit and vegetables for my hamster. I want to avoid fruit flies annoying my hamster. I also want to avoid the fresh fruit and vegetables spoiling https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3413 2026-05-30 16:07:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3412 I am really enjoying watering my grape plant each day. I have decided to try 2 more plants: Tomatoes and Strawberries. I have seen photos of these grown in bags. The the plants grow downwards. They produce just as much food. But they don't need https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3412 2026-05-30 15:42:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3411 Over the past few days I have put together another grocery order for delivery. I have selected foods that I am able to just warm up. I am finding it too hard preparing meals right now. I am using up all of my energy in trying to recover from s https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3411 2026-05-30 14:16:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3410 I have broke the mattress I purchased 6 years ago. It has springs in the bottom layer. The springs bent outwards where I have my electric hospital bed positioned to support my body and reduce pain. It is no longer usable. I have done the re https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3410 2026-05-30 13:38:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3409 I had the first appointment after my right knee joint was replaced with my surgeon. It was sufficiently unpleasant. My pain flared up really bad about an hour before this appointment. I had to use the anti-nausea medication. The medication to https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3409 2026-05-28 12:08:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3408 I have sent the following suggestion to Kingston General Hospital after being an inpatient from April 24th to 30th 2026: I have a suggestion I want to make. I am approaching you in the hopes you'd add momentum to it. This is for all the inpatient https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3408 2026-05-25 19:18:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3407 About 3cm of my right knee replacement incision doesn't want to close. My family doctor told me "slough" formed. The area of my incision that is affected is in a degraded state of healing. It can lag behind by up to 3 months. It became infecte https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3407 2026-05-25 09:53:00+00