Since I was a child I have never been a fan of socks, I don’t know why but I’ve always wanted to be barefoot.

Since the stroke my dislike for socks has become a disdain, hatred even.

Dressing with one functional upper limb is incredibly difficult, long sleeves are a 2 man job, trousers, T-shirts and underwear I can do fine on my own. Socks just no, it is not a one handed activity.

I even bought a sock helper from Amazon which needed someone else to load the sock onto a plastic plinth to, in theory, just slide my foot in.

But loading it into the device is also a 2 handed job at which point I may as well just let someone help me put a sock on.

Frustratingly socks are one of the first things I routinely dress with when I’m up, so I’m frustrated and angry very early into my day. I’ve thrown socks across the room in frustration; I’m not far off throwing them out of a window.