Adventures of Pom

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I am aware that my recent blog entries have been somewhat on the serious side and so I have decided to take a leaf out of the wonderful Shane Burcaw’s book and ‘laugh at my nightmare’! ( LAMN link ). I have decided to write a list of the 6 weirdest things that I do in order to deal with the effects of my disability.   I don’t mean things like ‘drinking through straws using a lidded beaker to prevent spills’, or ‘having people cut my food for me because if I try it is likely to end up on the floor’. I mean 6 things that might be unique things that I do.   I will be interested to hear from anyone that can relate! 1.        I like popcorn.  It is low on the glycaemic index which makes it a good little snack food for a diabetic.   I don’t want plain popcorn, that just tastes like little balls of cardboard.    Sweetened popcorn is nice but probably has more sugar than a diabetic is supposed to consume. Salted popcorn ...

Who is the fairest of them all?   Well not me that’s for sure, but that’s ok and here’s why… I’m going to go off on a tangent for a sec, but just bear with me for a while. Recently my television viewing has included episodes of ‘Body Fixers’ (E4) and ‘Celeb Botched Bodies’ (C5) (usually it’s ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘The Walking Dead’ but hey, we’re in between seasons!). It constantly winds me up that some people in the public eye become obsessed over some teeny tiny imperfection and then actually have a risky operation to try and fix it which ends in one of two ways: 1.        They then notice another imperfection that needs fixing leading to more surgery resulting in more risks and a never-ending pursuit of unobtainable perfection. 2.        It goes wrong (more often it seems) leading to complications and more risk-taking blah, blah, blah…never-ending pursuit of unobtainable perfection. I always think WHY? ...

I went to see Josh Widdicombe’s touring comedy show the other day (link to Josh’s website ).   I love watching ‘The Last Leg’ ( LL link ) and a few years ago I was lucky enough to see Adam Hills perform his stand-up and he was fantastic (Alex Brooker, watch out you’re next!).   Whilst Josh was not the best at improvising (microphone breathing is not attractive!) his stand-up routine did make me laugh and his reminiscing of his younger years was highly amusing. Josh was supported by a very funny lady called Suzy who I had never seen or heard of before and it is her stand-up routine that has inspired me to write this blog entry (thank you Suzy x). There I was, all dressed up for the show wearing my semi-new and expensive ‘going out’ top from Next (well £30 is a lot for a top in my terms!), with a touch of make-up and my new hairdo and in the fabulous company of my sister…then some of Suzy’s comedy made me simultaneously laugh out loud and blush like mad (thankfully the l...