Consider this a public service announcement.  Some of you may recall I live in Medellin presently, and have spent the past three years in Colombia, mostly on the Caribbean coast.  And I have been known to mention a few of the products and services offered here freely, from time to time.  It's my right, as my Ecuadorian father says.  He has a masters in engineering, so I consider him a genius although when I ask why he never taught me Spanish, he answers "I don't know." 
Yesterday, I spent a few hours at my newfound bestie, my dentist Luis',  chair.  If you break out in hives and down the entire bottle of valium like I do just thinking the word dentist, fear no more.  I swear, this man's hands have been touched by God.  Every dentist I've ever went to has said "I am known for pain-free dentistry."  Yea, and I am a "Creature unlike any other".  Those other dentists are such fucking liars, it must be a course requirement in dental school.  So, when Dr. Luis Escobar (how's that for being born with the right name?) didn't say much to make me skeptical, I sucked it up and...didn't feel but the slightest pinch.  It was if the heavens opened up, the sun shown brighter, and I was in drilling nirvana.  When the numbness wore off, still no pain (ok, had codeine to...help?) and I asked if I could come back tomorrow.  Which was yesterday.  Yes, I had the same experience.  So, I am now on my way to that Jim Carey mouth I've always wanted.  Next week, half my teeth will be all white fillings!  Can't wait to show them off by laughing like a hyena at things that aren't even funny.  Want the best part now?  To date, the bill has added up to just over $100.00 and included consultation, impressions, and two molar fillings replaced with new white ones.  Hand to God!  If you only knew how cheap blow is here, you would get on the next Avianca out of the states.  Bring me some Taco Bell, and I'll hook you up.  Seriously, medical tourism is just one of the many reasons me and tons of others are leaving in droves.  I read this article on the ticker of AOL and confirms what I already knew.   Told you I was way ahead of my time!
I am coming back to the U.S. soon, but not until I have the mouth of a porn star, to match the natural blond, trash talking language, lifted eyes and collagen filled lips that are in my near future.  If you have questions about medical tourism, feel free to ask.  I am a walking billboard, and not here selling policies, I swear.  It's just one of the few things I am knowledgeable with, from horrific personal experience and being at the mercy of hospitals and physicians here.  I guess alcohol, drugs, and age may take a toll on a person after all.  Ok, my PSA is done.  The more you know...