I've only had Dr. Packer for all appointments except for the final one. Dr. Packer handled all my questions just fine. Of course, I was incident free throughout my lengthening, so I didn't need to see Dr. Paley. But if you're having problems, you should go to Dr. Paley.
Thanks for the response.
Sorry for no new content. Today my father leaves me; i'm 32 after all and I focus much better on my own. Just got finished doing some grueling morning stretches after a warm bath. I still wake up with a bit of a cramp in the left leg. It's just the nature of wearing a boot during your sleep and not moving around. The stretching you do on your own is the most difficult part. There is no siting back and biting your tongue at pain. It's you actively pulling yourself to the limit. When it gets too hard I visualize myself at my goal height, I think of the money I saved up and spent on this operation and then I get that next push of effort to get to the next level. This message is here to remind you guys of this commitment. You have to work at it everyday as if you are studying for the bar exam or even a competitive athletic sport you want to place well in. I'm ready to stretch my right Achilles now and before my father leaves i will post a pic alongside him to show you what an inch taller looks like 
Peace.
How is the pain going so far? What are the times that you suffered more pain? And what you think that could be done to you to suffer less?
My father left today. Here is our latest pic together.
Markings on my legs are just markers for the ERC device because I do it by myself now.
Ok, so to the person asking about the pain; the truth is that my pain is limited to one leg. That is my left leg. My right leg feels as if nothing is happening where as my left feels everything from the lengthening to every second of wearing the dorsiflexion boot. It's most painful at nights and especially when I wake up because I tend to wake up with cramps in my left calf and some ankle pains. It's not a comfortable process but I also take the pain meds as advised, really conservatively and try and suck it up. The PT sessions are not that painful but the hamstring stretches can get a bit insane; I tend to get rug burn from the towel that they rest my calf on but hey people have parts of their face blown off and live through it so I try to stay strong. I like to stay close to my place, that's why I chose an apartment at CITYPLACE mall, so that if any special pains arise I am a short distance from a nice warm bath.
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If the PTs hurt you with rug burn, let them know. They will adjust accordingly. They're not torturers haha. That's pretty clever what you did to align the device. For me, I just made sure the device was aligned and then I took a sharpie and traced the bottom of the device on my leg. Then each time, I just line it up with the tracing.
Oh believe me I tried to get my PT to make the rug burn easy on me but that was a no go. It's ok though because she is strong as all hell and i'd rather it be her than someone else; the trade off is fair. I'll probably try your technique when doing the femurs!
I've made a brief video about dealing with painful times and boredom. It's not great but I get bored and this is therapy for me. Hopefully you enjoy and benefit from it.
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