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Well, here's your chance. For all of you who don't have insurance or would like a free colonoscopy. What a way to spend a vacation in NYC. Of course, it's no vacation. They put you up in a 5 star hotel, but for only 3 nights! With the colon prep and getting back and forth from the airport, that leaves about a day or less for anything else. And after I cleanse my bowels, they want to continue cleansing for the next couple of days. That would make for a wonderful plane ride home:ybatty: .




Welcome to the CBS Cares Colonoscopy Sweepstakes!

This is an actual sweepstakes and, if you are the grand prize winner, we will fly you and a companion to New York where you will receive a free colonoscopy. You will also be given three nights' accommodation in a suite at the luxurious Loews Regency Hotel, which will include the night before you are "awarded" the colonoscopy.

What should you expect if you are the lucky winner?

The hardest part is the preparation the night before when you drink a laxative. This laxative is well known for declaring itself at the very moment you have called a relative or friend (or room service) to comment that it does not seem to be working. But hang in, because it's important to have a clear colon for the screening and the fun part is about to begin --

http://promotions.mardenkane.com/cbs/cbscares/Index.cfm

edit: oops, just noticed the age qualification is 40-79.
 
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Bahahahaha. I like that. Especially when the papers say the most commonly diagnosed ages are 13-30. LOL :p Good to know tho Sojourn. Way to keep us informed. - Hope people check this out.
 
That is the strangest contest prize I have ever heard of.

But, I did enter. Hey, I should probably have one anyway, and New York City seems like a logical place to have one.

Dan
 
hahah they probably have a special room designated for the sweepstakes and they have already poo-proofed the beds and whatnot
 
That is hysterical!

You can't go to any restaurants because you are sipping broth, and you can't run around sightseeing.

I was so stricken down by the prep that I ended up sleeping on the bathroom floor the night before. So, for me it would make no difference if the colonoscopy city was New York City or Shreveport, Louisiana.

With my luck on the flight out, the plane would get delayed on the runway and I'd be stuck for 6 hours on the ground having to share one toilet with 300 people.
 
I love how they downplay just what an ordeal the prep is. And, of course, you will notice they include 'companion'. Imagine some poor sap who, without knowing 1st hand what a scope is like, decides to apply so he/she can treat 'companion' to a 3 day trip to the Big Apple. In a luxury suite... that will end up smelling like a cess pit.. And of course, part of the companions 'un-declared' duties will involve getting the scope patient to/from the hospital. Hours of fun in a hospital waiting room... Yeah, for the uninitiated, it would go over like a lead ballon. Can you see this poor sap being told they won? "WOW, I never won anything before in my life!". I wonder if you have to answer a skill testing question, or write a 500 word essay as to why you'd like to go to NY for a scope
 
All i can say is wow, Im speechless LMAO.... awww shucks I'm only 24 too, so much for the vacation of a lifetime
 
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