Can you use a pink DaysAgo Digital Day Counter? (Because I’m Giving One Away!)
May 21, 2008 by Karen Lynch
Filed under Women's Health
Do you ever ask yourself any of these questions:
- How many days ago did I open this can of tomato sauce?
- How old is this milk?
- How long has it been since I cleaned the fish tank?
- Have I taken this antibiotic for ten days?
- When was the last time I changed the filter on my cat’s litter box?
- Am I due for a breast self exam ????????
Kathleen Whitehurst is a nine year breast cancer survivor. She and her business partner, Debbie Stephens Stauffer, invented a way to allow families to keep track of these and other lifestyle tasks. It’s called the DaysAgo digital day counter. It has won all kinds of awards and has been featured in several consumer magazines, online and on television.
Here’s how it works. With the touch of a button, you can keep track of anything … all you have to do once you take the unit out of the package is pull the side tab out of the unit to engage the battery, press the button for five seconds to set the timer, and affix it onto any surface via a magnet, suction cup or elastic band (included, but any rubber band will work). The screen displays the number of days elapsed since setting the timer — it’s that easy! The batteries are replaceable, so you can use it over and over again for a myriad of purposes!
I tried one out before writing this post: a demo DaysAgo is on a jar of salsa I just opened to make tonight’s dinner — another is going on one of my flower pots because I’m notorious for forgetting to water my plants. So easy to use — and what a relief to know that two things I used to need to retain can be taken off my list. Life just got easier for me, seriously.
The website has a great refrigerator storage chart, FYI, that everyone should keep handy even if they don’t have one of these counters.
You can buy the DaysAgo online of course, or at Sur La Table, H-E-B, select Whole Foods Markets and The Container Store nationwide!
But listen … here’s why I’m telling you about this gadget guys and girls: Whitehurst’s company, double u products inc., recently introduced a pink DaysAgo counter as part of their commitment to helping women of all ages get into the habit of doing regular BSE by tracking how long it’s been since their last BSE. 10% of the pink DaysAgo sales are donated to breast cancer research. That’s a pink ribbon promise! Can I hear a “wahooo” anyone? WAHOOOOO!
FYI, Kathleen and her daughter Jamie are participating this summer in the Avon 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer in San Francisco (July 12-13, 2008). For their first walk together, they generated around $20K in pledges — this year, they are hoping to beat that number and I’d like to wish them Godspeed!
But wait, there’s more: I’m giving away one pink DaysAgo counter to a Pink Ribbon Review Reader in an effort to help them track their last BSE!!! Here’s how to win:
Leave a comment on this post owning up to the date of your last BSE (feel free to explain your answer but I’m not here to judge). I’ll award it to someone randomly selected from the list one week from today!
(Image: Savoir Media)
I have always done my own exam, my daughter has just turned 18 and I am always telling her not to forget the exam, she will soon be moving away, this would be like I never left and always reminding her.
probably months
Five days only. Every aunt of mine has had breast cancer so I’m a bit of an obsessive when it comes to ensuring I’m cancer free.
May 24th!
(A local TV station (Fresno’s KSEE-24) has a program called Buddy Check – on the 24th of every month they remind you to remind a friend to do a BSE — which comes in very handy since I have a tendency to forget!)
Thanks to all of you for these entries! Your candid responses will help make sure all the readers here are not alone in their habits.
Rita … I love that system. I blogged about a similar system in Illinois at my previous blog a while back — it’s a great program indeed. I’ll toy with doing something similar. Maybe the winner here picks the day each month I remind everyone?
I saw this thing on Oprah. I try to do bse on the 15th of the month, the same day I am supposed to give the puppy her heartguard medicine!!!
This is awesome. I haven’t done a BSE since last fall. I know I should be better especially since my boss was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. Great giveaway!
My last BSe was 2 months ago. I love the pink reminder and would actually use it.
Thanks for having such a great giveaway.
I would love to give these to all the women in my family…..so I would love to win one!
I honestly couldn’t tell you the date. I guess I really should use a timer!
I try to do every Sunday. My Mother died from advanced breast cancer and my sister has had a small pea size lump for 2 months and won’t go to a doctor- I am so worried for her.
2 years ago. Before my pregnancy. My doctor told me I needed to wait until I’m finished nursing.
last night
Love the tracker with the timer!!!! It stares you in the face; will not let you put off the unpleasant that saves and protects life!!! Many Thanks SW
Im unsure when I did my last bse? I had better do one today..thanks for reminding me!!
April 24 2008
would love to win one of these to keep track…
not yet.. hmm
a few days ago! ty 4 the great useful contest!
I haven’t checked them as I had a double mastectomy and reconstruction due to breast canbcer but would like this for my daughter in law
I pretty much do this every time I shower…which is almost daily. Shhhh.
I’ve never had a breast self exam before. =(