a question from tumblr

I was asked a question last night over at tumblr that I'd like to share here.   I've included my own tidbits of advice that I posted as my answer there, but my real hope is that some of this blog's readers might have further advice . . . 

Hi, I was wondering if you know any type one diabetics who are in the scene too, and how they cope with being a diabetic during play time. I personally am a type one and my master and I were just curious about others and how they might go about it.

 Anonymous

I am diabetic but Type II and only mildly, well controlled as long as diet is reasonable.  Serafina my slave/wife was severely diabetic during pregnancy.  Neither of those, however, compares to living with Type I, and I don’t know a wide enough circle of people to have a good friend with experience here.

What I can say is that any scene, even the mildest, tends to have the same effect on blood sugar as pretty strenuous exercise.  Before I was aware of my blood sugar problem, I was having issues with being a little bit shaky after serious play.  

Now, I like to have some protein a little while before we play.  In this case there’s even a tantric ritual - a small meal consisting of high quality fish, meat, parched grains, and wine to be consumed before a tantric encounter - that would seem to serve well here too.  Staying well hydrated also seems to help.

- EDIT -

Because this is such an important topic, it's especially important to me that it's answered properly.  It turns out that I do "know" an experienced BDSM dominant who is a Type I diabetic.  Omega, a dominant for whom I have great respect from reading (at the Power Exchange) and a little personal correspondence, is a Type I diabetic.

Here's the comment left here by mouse - his sweet, kind, and lovely submissive . . .  

Omega and mouse         Mar 19, 2012 02:32 PM
Dear Sir,

Omega is a type one diabetic, has been all his life. What he does is monitor his blood sugar frequently during play. He would often plan the day around the insulin injection. He would often, now that mouse considers it, take a short play break at appropriate times to eat something, check blood sugar or whatever. He always kept things he might need, candy, juice or cookies along with cheese or other types of fruit handy in our playroom. He would always eat good protein before and sometimes after play.

We never had too many issues during prolong hard play -- or at least that mouse would notice. After hard play or heavy use, he often would need time to rest...often that was while mouse was in the cage (when we used it).

Safety always did come first, mouse was never bound in a way that she truly couldn't escape from if needed.

Hugs,
mouse

Apparently March is Q&A Month . . .

It's Public!

It seems that somewhere in the grand blogosphere universe it has been decreed from upon high that March is Question & Answer Month (each link in the sentence is to a different participating BDSM blog - I'm sharing link love . . . )

I'd like to think that Serafina and I are already pretty accessible, as we freely share our time answering questions and giving advice to individuals who write us privately via email.  But, I don't believe that's the point of Q & A Month, it's about a more public exchange.

So, if you'd like to ask something of Serafina or myself, you are always welcome to do so, but that's especially so for the blog version of March Madness.

My email address remains - master(at)SpiritualBDSM(dot)com - you know what to do to make that email address work - hopefully spammin bots don't!

any questions?

photo by Serafina Samadhi (property of Michael Samadhi)

While I'm Serafina's Master - a role where at times I may use very strong sensation to make her whimper or moan, to make her weak in the knees and wet between the legs, and ultimately to enhance her orgasms - I'm not unapproachable, in fact I'd like to think that I'm open to answering most any question related to BDSM and sexuality.

When it comes to BDSM related topics, I consider myself to be a "generalist", what my father's generation used to call a "jack of all trades".  I'm blessed to be an experienced dominant who's also earned a living as a writer, I can usually communicate my passion for a topic, and I can also write in an educational style.

I don't have any one particular fetish, instead I have a very strong interest, a passion, some might say an obsession, with all things D/s, bondage and discipline, and SM.  BDSM is my fetish.

I don't want to present myself as the ultimate expert in any one aspect of kinky sexuality, I'm not.  But, I've been living, learning, and studying the lifestyle since the late 1980's.  No insult intended to today's young dominants, as the range of experiences and information available today is unprecedented in the BDSM community's history, but there are times where there's no substitute for experience.

Which leads to my offer . . .

My offer to you, dear reader, is that I'll gladly answer respectful questions about the BDSM lifestyle, as well as my relationship with Serafina, in public posts here at our SpiritualBDSM.com blog.  I can only give my own perspective, and I'll not ever claim that my response is definitive.  I do not claim to speak for the BDSM community, as I don't believe the BDSM community needs or wants a "spokesperson", nor do I wish to self appoint myself to such a task.

But I'll give my honest perspective, I can speak as an individual who is currently living a very successful 24/7 lifestyle relationship.

Just drop a note to - master at spiritualbdsm.com - (just drop in an @ to replace the word "at" and spaces around it).  I plan to leave the source of the questions anonymous, unless otherwise requested in the email.

If you'd like to have a question answered by Serafina, use the same email address, but put "Question for Serafina" in the subject and body of your note.