In this vulnerable episode, Fox and Mya discuss the challenge of chronic pain in rope, inspired by a listener - a rope bottom with fibromyalgia.

Both Mya and Fox have some chronic health issues which include the symptom of chronic pain, and they share some of their own challenges as a rope top and rope bottom in this context, as well as some ideas for handling this.

In the episode hear them discuss:

* The challenge of trying to understand where pain is coming from when in rope

* Spoon Theory and how it relates to rope

* How chronic pain might impact you as a rope top or rope bottom

* How chronic pain impacts your body image

* How the dichotomy of ‘good’ versus ‘bad’ pain might not be helpful, and a better question to ask

* Practical things to help you do rope when you are handling chronic pain

* How the constraints of chronic pain can support creativity

* Scene negotiation when you have chronic pain

* And a lot more!