We have taken liberty with some cockney accents in places especially around the "barfs" meaning BATHS (not throwing up - that I could not even find in our Macquarie Dictionary or the American Websters)...which Downunder is more "long 'a' " or "ar" pronunciation. The same for "larfs," with a silent "r". I know the Pommies and Aussies will get it. For those not familiar with the term a "bird bath" is where you fill your basin in the bathroom with warm water and washing by hand in all the important places, preventing bandages and dressings from getting wet as they would in the shower. As in the poem we had a couple of goes at showers with covering over the dressings. Very difficult.

Photos are of my head skin cancer wound and the graft area on my right leg, where they took some skin to replace stuff taken from my head.

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