Get Screened Giveaway – Closed
Life is full of surprises. Some surprises are wonderful and enriching. Other surprises…not so much.
As parents we often go to substantial degrees to make sure that we’re prepared for unhappy surprises—stashing extra diapers in the car and Band-Aids in our bag.
Now it’s time to give ourselves a little of that preventive attention by finding out if you’ve got risk factors associated with certain hereditary cancers—Colon Cancer to be exact.
We know you’re busy, but Colon Cancer can be prevented! So take this quiz to find out if you’re at risk.
If it turns out you’re at risk, take the big leap and get screened. Knuckle down and get a colonoscopy if the occasion calls for it and try to spare yourself one unpleasant surprise. Better yet, there’s a genetic test to find out if you carry certain genes for hereditary colon cancer. Knowing this will help you map out your prevention plan specific to you. Remember to talk to your spouse and extended family and remind them to get screened as well!
Here’s the bottom line…we want you to get screened. So we wondered how to get that point across? We all spend time in front of so many “screens” (computer, iPad, reader, digital camera) and it seemed logical to go BIG.
So to keep Colon Cancer screening top of mind, we’re giving away lots of screens. You can also enter to win a gift certificate to Nordstroms so you can pick out your own little bright and shiny something. While we’re at it, we figured we’d toss a Kitchen Aid Mixer in so you can bake something wonderful to eat while looking good in front of all of those screens!

You may or may not elect to watch the video of your colonoscopy on these devices if you win.
Up to you.
How to Enter:
TodaysMama.com:$5oo to Nordstrom Winner – Shelley C of Houston, TX
SomewhatSimple.com: Flat Screen TV Winner – April H. of Grand Prairie, TX
TaterTotsandJello.com: Canon Camera Winner – Lana M of Dothan, AL
DollarStoreCrafts.com: Kitchen Aid Mixer + A Kindle
TheIdeaRoom.net: Canon Camera Winner – April W of Croswell, MI
TidyMom.net: iPad Winner – Kevin P of College Station, TX
SkinnyTaste.com: Kitchen Aid Mixer + A Kindle Winner – Stephanie P of El Dorado Hills, CA
IHeartNaptime.net: Canon Camera Winner – Justina M of Berea, KY
SkiptoMyLou.org: Canon Camera Winner – Christina A of Susanville, CA
NOTE: You’ll be asked to take the quiz on step 5 for each contest. As long as you’ve taken the quiz once we’ll have your entry on file so you should be good to go. (i.e. You don’t have to take the quiz 9 times!)
Tags: cancer, colon cancer, Featured, flatscreen, genetics, giveaway, Just Ask











I am already too aware of the effects of colon cancer as it runs in both sides of my family. While the procedure doesn’t seem like the best idea, I know it will save my life
Thanks so much for doing this. One of my childhood best friends (and a mother of two little kids) is very sick with colon cancer. Terribly scary and sad. I hope with awareness, we can beat this beast.
No increased risk! Yeah!
Thanks!
good info
glad to see a quiz like that for cancer makes you wnat to ask more questions about health in family uncles and such
Love this it is so nice to have many do not understand the importance of early screening!
This is the anniversary date of my husband being told he had colon cancer at age 50, our world has changed. Educate and spread the world on prevention, I tell the world do not take your health for granted. Thank You for doing this I am truly blessed to have my husband be a good example of what testing and detection can do to make each day count. Love all the hard work that you do!
Thank you for doing this my husband was 50 yrs old when diagnosed with colon cancer with this history my children will also be screened prior to even making 30 yrs old….Cancer doesn’t care who it chooses to hurt!
I hope I win and I hope I never get colon cancer. We know someone with it now and it’s very sad.
This is a good way to spread the word. The older I get, the more this is starting to matter.
Awesome!!! What a GREAT idea!!!
Google Chrome said that your link to Somewhat Simple: The Website Ahead Contains Malware!
There is a site that is hosted on the same server as SomeWhatSimple.com that is causing it. So poor little SomewhatSimple is getting killed for it right now. I think they are trying to switch servers. I promise she’s all food, crafts and wholesome!
Thanks for the health reminders to take care of ourselves! It reminds me that I am due for my mammogram now. Gee whiz, I sure would love to win that mixer, and i would choose that color green, too!
I ran into the same problem with Somewhat Simple. My malware blocked it.
Thanks for the reminder on keeping track of our health.
Yes, sometimes it’s easier taking care of others more than ourselves.
Hi i took the quiz
Thanks for the health reminders – we all need to be mindful of these things. Thanks for the chance to win
SomewhatSimple.com: Flat Screen TV
When clicking on this link my browser would not take me to the page, telling me it has malware.
I took the quiz
thanks for the chance to win
Thank you so much.
thanks for the info.
Thank you for getting the info out there. Screening is critically important.
thanks for the info and the chance to win!
I had my second colonoscopy last November. It wasn’t easy but when you know it will be over soon you can almost do anything. I wrote about it (ugh!) on my blog.
http://www.rocknoaksranch.com/2011/11/worry-faith-and-my-colonoscopy.html
The link doesn’t work from the Lynch website. Someone forgot to put her(E)ditary The link is missing the middle “e” on the address page. Someone needs to fix that. But I noticed it, so I went to the google bar and asked for the hereditary colon cancer quiz and I did take it and count me, too It’s on my Facebook Wall and I tweeted it twice. @SusanLaz2
Even though you may not have any cancer in your family, anyone can still get it and I’ve lost lots of friends from this disease. Thank you for the chance to remind my friends again to take the screening. Oh and yep…the giveaway, too. You’re doing a great work.
Thanks for sharing!
any cancer is scary wish they could find cures for all of it. Great giveaway.
Awesome giveaway! Thanks so much.
Both my grandfather and my uncle are colon cancer survivors so screening and knowing the facts are very important to my family! Thank you for helping spread the word & raise awareness!
Thank you for the health info and the prize opportunity!
Thanks
THANK YOU!! My mom had colon cancer (and a separate breast cancer). SCREENING IS SO IMPORTANT!! Thanks for helping to promote something SO important!
Great prizes!
I love these cancer prevention quizzes. It is so nice that all of these blogs are helping to spread the word about being educated against hereditary cancer. Way to go to you all for supporting the cancer awareness initiative. I would love to win a new camera I have lots of great things to celebrate coming up, like a new baby and graduation from medical school!!!! Good Luck to all who entered.
Camera would be awesome since mine just died!
Great Giveaway!! Thank you for the information.
Our health is always important and the chance to win something is pretty nice, too!
This is an excellent opportunity. Thank you!
This is a very good idea! Thanks for the advice and chance to win!
Thanks for the giveaway !
It’s a good idea to get screened!
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thanks for the info.
thanks for the giveaway!
Get screened – great idea!
So thankful for the information and cancer awareness. This is a great giveaway!
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Thank you for bringing awareness to any type of cancer. Screening is KEY! Also, thank you for your generosity in a fab give away!