#634 - Fiona Cauley
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
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Today's guest is Miss Fiona Cawley.
your house is beautiful by the way oh thanks yeah i feel lucky to have a place to live
Um, I got to get, I think a new couch or something. How many times after you sit on a couch, you have to get a new one. That's a thing. They should put like a little counter on the side that kind of goes down.
I like that. It's like the lollipop question.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah. Like how many sits does it take?
Oh, you're out and it catapults you out.
The springs just activate. Yeah.
I like that. No nonsense.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, that's what we need now. It's like, yeah, how many sits does it take to get to the center of your sofa?
I would be screwed.
Really?
Because all I do is sit.
Oh, that's true, huh? You're right here. You're what some people would consider a heavy sitter, huh?
Yeah, I'm professional. Yeah, y'all ain't got shit on me.
For some of our listeners that don't know, so you live with an ailment. Do people call it a disease, an ailment, just because you're already talking about it?
Yeah, it's a disease, a disability. It's called Friedreich's ataxia.
Yeah. What is it? Is it okay to ask you about it?
Yeah. Yeah. So it's like a really rare neurological disease and it's progressive. And there are like 5,000 people in the U.S. that have it. And I'm one of them. And the only difference between us, the reason you can walk and I can't, is I don't make enough of a protein called frataxin. And that's kind of it. Like, both my parents were carriers, didn't know. And then they had kids and were screwed up.
And are you the only child that has it?
No.
So if two parents have it and they have a child, any child they have can have it?
Can, yeah. But also they might not, some of them. But I'm one of three. I'm the middle and we all have it. I got diagnosed first, so they can suck it, you know.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's like that twin that's born later.
Yeah.
Did you feel like they were copying off you at any point?
Yeah, I mean, I'm the middle child, so it's like I can't have anything to myself. My sister is even in the same wheelchair as me now. Rude.
No, same brand?
Yeah.
Oh.
I know.
But is she the younger sister?
Older.
Oh, that's not good.
Right.
because I noticed I noticed my nephews at Thanksgiving were dressing the same as each other but they're like two years apart and I was like oh it kind of makes sense the younger one is dressing like the older one
Yeah. It's even, well, imagine if, like, your siblings, like, got the same car as you.
Yeah.
It's the same thing.
Oh.
Yeah.
Do you have to have a cane? How do you, because, no, you have a wheelchair.
Well, good question. I mean, it's progressive, so I used to be an athlete before I knew. And then I walked weird, kind of like I'm drunk. I spoke still to speak that way because your tongue's a muscle. And then I went into a cane phase when I was 21 because they wouldn't serve me at bars. And I was like, I've got to find a way to show them. It's like, I'm not drunk. I was drunk, but I was, you know.
Did a lot of brothers hit on you when you had that cane?
Honestly, I would go to bars, not bring the cane. And if a guy hit on me, I was like, that's a bad person. Because I look like the drunkest person in this place, right? It was a litmus test.
You're just reporting people. At one point, did you and your sisters have canes? Because that's almost like a black prom, I feel like.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–6:07
2
What challenges does Fiona face living with a disability?
6:07–21:32
3
How did Kill Tony impact Fiona's comedy career?
21:32–1:01:59
4
What personal experiences does Fiona share about living with a disability?
1:01:59–1:03:16
5
How does Fiona's disability influence her perspective on relationships?
1:03:16–1:04:53
6
What insights does Fiona provide about the challenges of asking for help?
1:04:53–1:07:14
7
How does Fiona view the impact of her disability on her comedy career?
1:07:14–2:11:27