What’s up, doc?

I have been needing to get some updated labs done–all of them, actually–so I asked around on Facebook in my expat groups here for everyone’s favorite doctor. A Belgian woman was recommended to me, so I sent her a message on WhatsApp. And yes, that’s how it works here! You don’t call some understaffed office […]

10 reasons why Ecuador is better than the US

1. Better and more affordable health care. Are you tired of assembly-line medicine where you wait an hour and then have only 10 minutes to tell the PA what’s wrong with you? Because you can never, EVER get in to see the doctor without a 3-month wait. And no, you can’t discuss more than one […]

Why Ecuador?

It’s taken about 10 years for me to realize that my quality of life in my native country–the United States of America–is quite poor and getting poorer, and that I have zero chance of being able to retire comfortably here, especially after COVID ate up all my savings. So I knew that I needed to […]