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/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 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3504 Sir Barry just made me really happy. He woke up from his sleep, walked to the entrance of his sleeping hut and then made the posture hamsters do to show that they feel safe and are content in their hamster life! About 2 hours ago I woke him up t https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3504 2026-08-17 22:51:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3503 My initial 100 day supply of Vitamin B12 is almost used up. I have just purchased another 100 count supply. I will be undergoing a blood test to see if this brings my Vitamin B12 back into the normal range. What caused it to drop was the modifie https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3503 2026-08-17 17:13:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3502 I have renewed my membership for the warm water therapy pool for another month. However on August 28th 2026 the warm water therapy pool closes for 3 weeks while the aquatic center undergoes annual maintenance. When this is happening I have ma https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3502 2026-08-17 13:25:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3501 I have managed to kill another Bluetooth keyword that I use with my tablet while working on my blog between the use of the warm water therapy pool and while waiting for doctors. The way this one broke is kind of silly. I keep a can of expandi https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3501 2026-08-15 22:06:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3500 I came early today just to try the 3 machines within the Workout Room of the facility I have been attending the warm water therapy pool. What I did was about 5 repetitions on each of 3 machines. I needed to see how each felt. This gave me an https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3500 2026-08-13 14:28:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3499 Today wasn't a fight or required effort today to get my right leg straight when I got into the warm water therapy pool. Also the exercises didn't create a bunch of pain today. I was even able to do some flutter kicking to start reviving my r https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3499 2026-08-12 16:30:00+00 https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3498 During part of the family swim a kids soccer camp uses the pool as they wind down for the day. Every few days the kids have asked me question about my physical disability such as: What is the mark on my leg (referring to my knee replacement surg https://rons-home.net/en/blog/read/3498 2026-08-12 15:21:00+00