I agree the writing was poor, but the message was important. On the other hand, I have to disagree with the description of rehab as "an American gulag." I was in the rehab ward of one of our local hospitals for 2 weeks after a car accident shattered my right femur (the seatbelt broke my sternum, ouch!) It was the best place I could have gone.

They really knew their business in helping me become functional again, which was especially important since I live alone with my 3 fur children (2 cats, 1 dog). I hasten to add however that I had very good pain control with 30 mg oxycontin in the am & 40 mg at night, with Percocet for breakthrough pain. My only complaint was that they were ALWAYS late with my morning pain meds,

which I desperately needed before my first physical therapy session of the day.

I consider myself very lucky that my doc wasn't afraid to give me some serious meds, despite all the bad press oxycontin has gotten.

It was truly a lifesaver.

I have a question for those of you who have gone to PM clinics. Are most of them any good, or is it hard to make a blanket statement? The writer of the above-quoted article made PM clinics sound like concentration camps & I wonder if the writer is talking out of his best kept off the board or not. Thanks, y'all!

I love this forum!!

BTW-- --After reading further, I realized that the author of this article was referring to DRUG rehab, not physical rehab, which was what I went to....oops, my mistake.