Diabetes is a chronic condition in which the ability of your body to regulate the level of sugar in your blood is compromised. In this episode, listener absinthe-minded asks for any advice or safety precautions to mitigate risks from one partner in rope bondage having diabetes.

Fox and Mya explore some of the potential issues that might come up and make suggestions about how you might work with this condition to have a great rope life. They discuss:

• Why this episode might be relevant to you even if you don’t have diabetes, or tie with someone with diabetes

• How to talk to medical professionals about rope (even if you don’t want to talk about rope)

• Tips on including it in your negotiation

• Some of the impact of diabetes on the body, and how to mitigate those issues

• Handling some of the emotions that can come up around rope when you have a chronic health condition

• Places to find more kinky research, as well as kinky researchers.

NB: fox and Mya aren’t medical professionals, and always recommend talking to a qualified medical practitioner about any health condition and risks as much as is safe for you. We really welcome comments from listeners on instagram and fetlife if they have further links or resources that might be useful for others with diabetes who want to get the most from rope, in the safest way possible.