Coronary artery disease

my husband has cad, all because of his lifestyle, smoking, sitting in his office all day, not moving enough. He's taking betablockers for now and is probably going to have to go through a surgery.

How has anybody else changed their lifestyle after cad diagnosis? it's not easy for us, with 40 years of the same not very healthy habits

It is extremely important for you to change your not healthy habits to healthy ones, how ever difficult. 

 1. Cut back on Salt, sugar alcohol and quit smoking. There is plenty of help available to quit smoking

2. Include exercises in your daily routine. Do not sit for too long in one place. Even the office workers need to get up every hour and walk about. if you are a user of public transport such as bus, get off one stop earlier and walk the rest.

3. Take the stairs instead of the elevator when ever you can

4. Include plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet and cut back on saturated fats

5. Take up activity of your interest, cycling, swimming, dancing, aerobics yoga walking and include it in your daily routine

40 years of not so healthy habit is no reason why you can not adopt a healthy life style if you value your life.

Good luck. You will never know how much you improve until you try it.

nineteen_gale

Well the first thing you need to do is research if there is a history of hearth disease in your husbands family or your own and if there is you need good medical abvice before doing anything,yes a little exercise and give up smoking are the best way to start