# Welcome, introduce yourself here! **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/welcome-introduce-yourself-here/145 **Category:** Share **Created:** [March 22, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/welcome-introduce-yourself-here/145 "2017-03-22T05:07:33Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1232
### Author: ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris) #### Post date: [October 24, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/welcome-introduce-yourself-here/145/1232 "2020-10-24T15:35:18Z")
You have a lot in common with my son. He still uses syringes with his pump because he likes the speed of action when he delivers a bolus into his calf. So we go through a box of syringes a month even though he pumps. He is a bit of a control freak. When you get around to it, I think you can also give Control IQ a try, hopefully in the next generation of software they will allow you to go back and forth between Control IQ and Basal IQ if our survey answers have any power. I am going to go out on a limb and assume that Carrie is a women’s name, here is our Women’s Health Wiki, might be a good place to start if you haven’t already seen that. > [@Women's Health Wiki: How Has Your T1D Been Impacted By Different Female Life Stages?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/womens-health-wiki-how-has-your-t1d-been-impacted-by-different-female-life-stages/5877): > > Women’s Health Wiki: How Has Your T1D Been Impacted By Different Female Life Stages? The following narratives have been collected from FUD women explaining how the different biological stages of their lives has impacted their diabetes and their self-care. REPRODUCTIVE YEARS “ I have been T1D for 20 years and am now in my reproductive years. I use pump + CGM. From ages 16-20 I was on Ortho Tricyclin Lo birth control pills, and from age 20 to now I have had a Nexplanon arm implant. I personall… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/welcome-introduce-yourself-here/145)._