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Alright so I've officially hit that stage where my body's a high-maintenance used car.
20s me never went to the doctor.
30s me is on a first-name basis with every clinic within 5km.
Last month: two fillings and a ""fix"" (no idea what that means but it had its own line item).
Bill was $2,000 USD.
Sat in the carpark staring at it like I'd just been reverse pickpocketed by a man in a white coat.
Then I got weirdly nostalgic. For Zhuhai.
Had all four wisdom teeth pulled near the Gongbei border — Vickong Dental.
Total cost? Maybe $500 USD. Top tier service. Pretty sure they gave me a lollipop after.
Now I'm having unhinged conversations with my mates like:
""Why am I paying a month's salary for a root canal here when I could just roll the dice on a Thailand dentist, get the same work done, eat dim sum for a week, and still have change for a bad massage?""
Adulthood is just realising you need global loopholes to survive.
At this point I'm genuinely wondering — is every dentist in Thailand a rip off? Probably.
But honestly? A rip off in Thailand still sounds cheaper than two bloody fillings here.
I'm now that person who unironically treats dental work like a layover activity.
3 days beach, 1 day dentist, 2 days questioning my life choices.
Anyone else planning holidays around rotting teeth,
or is this just the new Australian mortgage stress test?
Anyway. System's broken. Pass the Panadol.