Well, it's official!  I booked my procedure today: October 10.  Just bought my plane ticket too.  I was told I need to stay in Costa Rica for 12-15 days after the procedure, so I'm planning on coming back October 22.  My boyfriend is going to come with me, but may not stay the entire time as he needs to get back to work, but will probably be there a week or so.  Now I just need to figure out how long he'll stay so I can get his ticket.  And I need to book a recovery place.

FYI, the procedure is $10,000.  The flight is about $450 roundtrip on United direct from Newark (I don't know if I mentioned I live in NYC).  Looks like most recovery places are about $140/night for 2 people, which includes all transportation to/from airport and procedures/follow-ups, all meals, internet, direct phone line to the US, etc.  All in all, it should be about $13,000.  Boy, writing that is a shocker....it is expensive, but I'm sure it would be a lot more in NYC.

I just hope it's all worth it.