When Isaakios I became a monk at Stoudios, his health improved, and he was often visited by Konstantinos X Doukas, who honoured both him and his wife Aikaterine, his daughter Maria and brother Ioannes. He lived on for less than the two years and three months of his reign (Attaleiates), for a year (Bryennios) or six months and ten days (Kleinchroniken). He showed total obedience to the hegoumenos of Stoudios, accepted to perform various duties including even that of gate-keeper. Eventually he was completely paralysed by an disease of the kidneys which physicians failed to treat