{"id":16970,"date":"2017-03-15T00:56:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T07:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=16970"},"modified":"2017-03-15T09:01:32","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T16:01:32","slug":"visiting-las-vegas-like-colonoscopy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/visiting-las-vegas-like-colonoscopy\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways Visiting Las Vegas is Like Getting a Colonoscopy"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>When you think of visiting Las Vegas, it&rsquo;s unlikely the first thing that pops into your mind is &ldquo;Colonoscopy!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, though, those two experiences have a lot in common. And probably not in the ways you think.<\/p>\n<p>Here, then, is a hastily-slapped-together list of &ldquo;10 Ways Visiting Las Vegas is Like Getting a Colonoscopy.&rdquo; In case that wasn&rsquo;t clear from the title of this blog post. Please try and keep up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Preparation is Essential<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to visiting Las Vegas, planning is critical. Ditto colonoscopies. The preparation<br>\nstage isn&rsquo;t the most fun, but time spent planning is time well spent. Do your research, think<br>\nthings through and you&rsquo;ll get the most out of your visit. Or procedure. Whichever.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16971\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16971\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-16971 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Miracle Mile colon art\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/miracle_mile_colon.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hey, you try and find photos that combine Las Vegas with colonoscopies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>2. There Will Be Lots of Drinking Involved<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether you&rsquo;re hitting Sin City or getting an endoscopic exam of your large bowel and the distal<br>\npart of the small bowel, drinking is going to play a key role. In Vegas, you&rsquo;ll be drinking to<br>\nlose your inhibitions. With a colonoscopy, it&rsquo;ll be a liquid laxative to give your doctor an<br>\nunobstructed view of your patootie. Which, we fully realize, is a word which hasn&rsquo;t been used<br>\nsince 1971, but let&rsquo;s not get bogged down with word choice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. You&rsquo;re Bound&nbsp;to Meet Fascinating People<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you visit Las Vegas, be open to meeting intriguing new people, it&rsquo;s part of the fun. The<br>\nsame goes for your medical procedure. You&rsquo;re sure to meet doctors, anesthesiologists, nurses and, in our case, legions of interns observing the colonoscopy. Some of your best memories will be of&nbsp;the people you meet, guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. At Some Point Your Ass Will be Hanging Out, and It&rsquo;s OK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether you&rsquo;re donning a hospital gown or hitting a Las Vegas dayclub, it&rsquo;s pretty much inevitable you&rsquo;re going to be overexposed. This isn&rsquo;t the time to be shy. Nobody&rsquo;s judging you. Be confident, be fearless and, please, avoid sitting on anything cold.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15923\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-15923 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Crazy Girls Las Vegas\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/riviera_crazy_girls_statue1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two for two.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>5. There Will Be Parts You Don&rsquo;t Remember<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While you&rsquo;re sure to have lots of colorful memories during your Vegas visit, or colonoscopy, there are also going to be portions of your experience you won&rsquo;t remember at all. Just know a lot of fascinating things happened during those gaps in time, and look forward to seeing the photos, because you know they&rsquo;re out there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. You&rsquo;ll Probably Have to Deal With Some Crap<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unwanted Fees. Scheduling mishaps. Long check-in lines. These are all part of the deal when it comes to colonoscopies. And visits to Las Vegas. We&rsquo;re finally starting to hit our stride with this comedic premise, don&rsquo;t you think? Thanks for your patience.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8540\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-8540 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Caesars Palace Caesar statue\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/caesar_caesars_palace1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Given the fact there are no fingers involved with a colonoscopy, we&rsquo;re probably stretching it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>7. There Are Sure to Be&nbsp;Surprises<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You simply never know what you&rsquo;ll encounter during a colonoscopy. It&rsquo;s possible you&rsquo;ll discover a polyp. The same goes for Las Vegas. You may encounter a polyp. More than likely he&rsquo;ll be performing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/criss-angel-loses-consciousness-show-luxor\/\" target=\"_blank\">upside-down straight jacket escape<\/a> at Luxor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Sometimes You&rsquo;ll Feel Like You&rsquo;re Taking It In the Rear<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Discomfort&nbsp;can result from both rectal&nbsp;probing and cold streaks in a Las Vegas casino. In either case, the feeling will pass. Keep your cool, take deep breaths and power through.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5697\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5697 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Roulette\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/roulette_so_close.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of those moments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>9. It&rsquo;ll Be Over Before You Know It<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Time flies both when you&rsquo;re visiting Las Vegas and when you&rsquo;re having a colonoscopy. When you visit Las Vegas, it feels like you&rsquo;re just warming up and it&rsquo;s time to go home. A colonoscopy&rsquo;s exactly the same, except that the fact it&rsquo;s over quickly is possibly the best thing in the world. How Einstein never used the comparison between a Las Vegas visit and a colonoscopy to illustrate time is relative, we&rsquo;ll never know.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6361\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-6361 size-full\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Crystals Las Vegas\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/whirlpools.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We&rsquo;re sorry you&rsquo;ll never again be able to see the whirlpools at Crystals mall at CityCenter without thinking of colons. Probably.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>10. Expect to Do It Again at Regular Intervals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the motivations may be different, the result is the same. Expect you&rsquo;ll visit Las Vegas and have a colonoscopy on a regular basis from here on out. (Hopefully, not at the same time.) In both scenarios, you&rsquo;re taking the measures necessary to live a longer, happier life.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&rsquo;re visiting Las Vegas or getting a colonoscopy, thanks for visiting the Vital Vegas blog. Which, for the purposes of this article, we&rsquo;re sort of wishing was&nbsp;called the Vital Pahrump blog.<\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;ll wait.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you think of visiting Las Vegas, it&rsquo;s unlikely the first thing that pops into your mind is &ldquo;Colonoscopy!&rdquo; Surprisingly, though, those two experiences have a lot in common. And probably not in the ways you think. Here, then, is a hastily-slapped-together list of &ldquo;10 Ways Visiting Las Vegas is Like Getting a Colonoscopy.&rdquo; In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegas","category-las-vegas-wtf"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>10 Ways Visiting Las Vegas is Like Getting a Colonoscopy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Surprisingly, visiting Las Vegas and getting a colonoscopy have a lot in common. 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