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- About me
- I am a mother of two amazing kids that happen to have allergies — one with severe food allergies to peanuts, tree nuts and native egg, the other with environmental and seasonal allergies.
I started a company called Check My Tag to help manage my son's life-threatening food allergies. I realized that the only way to effectively protect him (and other kids too!) was to raise awareness and educate everyone about food allergies. A wonderful by-product of these efforts has been the discovery and inclusion into the supportive, proactive, and passionate world of food allergy parents.
- My motivations for joining WEGO Health
- To raise awareness about a particular condition, To expand my professional community, To connect with leaders in my condition-specific community, To gain access to WEGO Health's professional seminars
- My favorite message board/online group
- Cafe Mom
- My primary personal website
- http://www.checkmytag.com
- Second personal website
- http://www.checkmytag.com/community.html
- My Facebook profile
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=775908867
- My Linkedin profile
- www.linkedin.com/in/riasharon
- Other places you can find me
- https://twitter.com/riasharon
- Blog 1 I recommend
- http://www.checkmytag.com/community.html
- Blog 2 I recommend
- http://www.allergizer.com
- Health care resource 1 I recommend
- WEGO, Revolution Health
- Health care resource 2 I recommend
- Divvies, Plane Sheets
- Nonprofit or other organization 1 I recommend
- AAFA
- Book I recommend the most
- Healing the New Childhood Epidemics
Ria's Blog
Peanut Allergy Safe at Ballgames
Hey, WEGO Health friends. I'm hoping to harness the power of community to extend the reach of an item that I posted on my blog yesterday, Peanut Allergy Safe at Ballgames.
Essentially, the St. Louis Cardinals (my home team!) has stepped up to the plate to host a peanut safe section at an upcoming home game. After being approached by the local food allergy support group, the are prohibiting the sale of peanuts… Continue
Posted on June 2nd, 2008 at 10:39pm —
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Easy Ways to Raise Awareness for Food Allergies
In honor of Food Allergy Awareness Week, I posted four easy ways to raise awareness for this health issue. I'm also hosting the Living with Food Allergies Carnival so along with my post, check out other people's great ideas!
Posted on May 15th, 2008 at 12:24am —
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Blog Marketing
I spent the first weekend in May in Chicago at an event called SOBCon (Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Conference) that was billed as Biz School for Bloggers. My mind is still aflutter from all the great information that was shared that will help me in my role as a food allergy resource and advocate. We heard from heavy-hitters in the internet marketing and Web 2.0 world like Brian Clark of Copyblogger, social m… Continue
Posted on May 12th, 2008 at 10:39pm —
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It's difficult to fly on a plane with seasonal allergies/chemical sensitivity. I got on a plan 20 years ago and had a "mild cold". When we traveled back by car, I spent most of the time asleep because of the OTC allergy meds/allergies reactions themselves.
I have landed in the hospital because the allergies trigger the asthma and then we can't get it under control. Hence the working from home. I had one episode that I spent 3 hours in the Dr.'s office with a severe allergy attack, my throat was swelling shut. I only was aware of 1/2 of time. My oldest daughter stayed by my side. I'm pretty lucky to have great kids.
Well I need to get to work. Great meeting you!