Hi. Welcome.
I’d like to introduce myself to those that don’t know me. I’m Isaac, also known as Daychilde.
In 2007, I was diagnosed with diabetes. Thanks to my ADHD, I wasn’t able to get medical help, and although I cut out sugar from my diet, I didn’t get education about carbs, so my glucose was out of control for a decade.
In 2017, I had a saddle pulmonary embolism and should have died, but I got lucky. But I convinced my wife to let me look for work anywhere so I could get health insurance.
I got a job in Virginia, and we moved - first to Virginia Beach, then to Williamsburg - in 2018. I lost that job, but got another.
Since then, I’ve gotten diabetes under control, but the damage was already done. I have had six heart attacks, and my kidneys have failed. I’m on dialysis.
Two and a half years ago, I had a below-knee amputation. Thanks to poor support from the prosthetic company and fatigue from my failing kidneys, I hadn’t been able to succfessfully start walking.
While I’m still fighting fatigue and many health issues, now that I am on dialysis, I need to walk. And my severe ADHD has kicked in to frustrate me. Also, for years, as my health declined, I tried walking and exercising, and I never saw any improvement - probably because I was, at best, keeping some status quo. It’s ended up meaning that it’s hard for me to walk every day to increase my stamina, as on a deep down level, I don’t believe it will help.
But also on a deep down level, I know it’s the only way forward.
And so I’m going to be walking every day, and videoing it every day, and posting it every day, so I can be accountable for actually doing it.
I hope I see progress. And I hope there will be those who follow along on this journey. This is the help I need: People to pay just enough attention so that I can keep on doing this.
I will make one small disclaimer: Getting the equipment out there to record today was tough. And while it may not look like it, where I walked today was on a slope. It was actually easier going uphill - toward the camera - than it was getting back to the chair. I could feel the adrenaline as I wasn’t sure I was going to make it back to the chair. So I will be walking in the apartment hallway again starting tomorrow.
Please join me on this journey. You will be helping to save my life. I need you.
Thanks for making it this far!