1-877-CAREKIT 1-877-227-3548 “Our nursing team would like to congratulate you on the excellent user-friendly SelfCareKits.” –Disease Management Administrator This problem with your heart is a big surprise. But for a long time--slowly, silently--your arteries have been closing down. Not all your arteries, just two of them: the . Arteries tighten up smoke, don’t exercise, or get stressed out. High blood pressure and diabetes also narrow the arteries. You can make tight arteries relax. Arteries clog up blobs of cholesterol floating in your blood. These blobs stick on the walls of your arteries. You can keep new fat out of your body so no more sticks on. You can even scrub off some of the old, stuck-on fat. When not enough food and oxygen get through to other parts of your body, like feet or hands, they complain by “falling asleep.” You shake more blood down into them and they’re OK. TWO arteries and TWO reasons why blood can’t get through: The Short Story on Coronary Arteries Reason #1: Reason #2: • • • This guide is not a substitute for your health care professional’s instructions; they are supplementary only. © 2004 Careguide Systems, Inc. Buffalo Grove, IL 60031. • CAD Care, Step X Step • The Short Story on CAD • The Right Pills at the Right TIme • How to “Watch What You Eat” • How to Take Your BP, Step X Step • Auto BP Monitor* • Get Out & Walk/Walking Plan • Magnet Board for Emergencies • Total Food Counter • How to Stop Smoking • “From Stress to Calm” Card • 28-Dose Pill Organizer • Journal • Nitro Necklace Get Out and Walk Step by Step SHOES: Comfortable shoes, the right size, made of canvas or soft leather. 1 WALK EVERY DAY WHY WALK? Did the doctor say walking is right for you? How many minutes a day? If you haven’t asked yet, don’t start until you ask. Walking is good exercise--most anyone can do it. Walking: • Gets the blood flowing in your feet and legs • Helps bring the blood pressure down if it’s too high You’ll feel the payoff in 3 months or less: • You’ll have more energy • You’ll sleep better You need five things to be a regular walker: TIME: Pick a regular time of day to walk. Stick to it. If you try for every day, you’ll probably make it 5 times a week. Five times a week is good! 2 WRISTWATCH: Wear a watch to time yourself, out and back. 3 WATER: Take a bottle along and drink often. 4 GUTS: Go! Find someone to walk with you--you’ll be more likely to get up and out. But even if you have to go alone, just go--try a shopping mall. 5 Don’t overdo it! If you can talk or sing easily while walking, you are exercising at the right pace. Breathing deeply is OK, but if you are puffing and panting or can't talk, slow down! Smoking puts nicotinein your body. Nicotine is a drug. You are addicted to a drug. To get the nicotine out, follow the 4-Day Flush plan. You’ll be 90% nicotine-free at the end. Don’t wait till the pack is done or “life settles down.” There’s never a perfect time. How to Stop Smoking The Four-Day Flush Using Simple Foods Fat hangs on to the nicotine. It fights the cranberry juice. Instead, eat lean meat and fish, with veggies. At least 1 cup a day Make sure it’s sugar-free. Cranberry juice grabs the nicotine and flushes it out of your body. Cranberry juice also flushes potassium out of your body. But the heart needs potassium. A banana puts potassium back. Don’t Eat Starch Don’t Eat Sugar The Four-Day Meal Plan Eat A Banana Drink Cranberry Juice Don’t Eat Fat Sugar turns intofat. Instead, eat treats like sugar-free gelatin and frozen yogurt. Starch turns into sugar. Instead, eat 100% whole grain bread, cereal and pasta. Coronary Artery Care Step X Step You will need: • a Scale • a Calendar This guide is not a substitute for your health care professional’s instructions. Always follow your provider’s instructions. These instructions are supplementary only. © 1999 Careguide Systems, Inc. 866-766-5077. All rights reserved. It is a violation of United States copyright laws to reproduce any portion of this publication in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher. Stick the Refrigerator Magnet on the refrigerator. Write your Emergency Number in the boxes. Open it to the first page. Fill in the answers. •If you don’t know the answers to these questions or Emergency Numbers , call your doctor’s office and ask. You need to know to take charge of your health. Find the Journal in the Kit. Get Organized If you have steri-strips or a bandage on your chest or leg, check that you have instructions for care. If not, go the back of surgeon’s office to get answers to the questions there. A B C D Stay organized. Find a comfortable place to write. Keep the Journal, Foldernear this place all the time. Keep the Monitor here, too. Read the Total Carb Counter keep them in your purse, pocket or glove compartment. E F The doctor wants to see what pills you take. Turn to , Page 2. Bring all your pill bottles. List all pills you take for any reason on this page. to every clinic visit. Ask a nurse to help you fill in any empty spaces and any new pills. • Don’t be shy! You need this information to be sure the doctor gives you the right pills. 1 The Right Pills at the Right Time When you first open the nitroglycerin pills, mark the date on the Calendar. Count 5 months ahead. Make a note to order new pills that day. • Fill the NITRO NECKLACE with 6 nitro pills. • Wear the Necklace. • Put new pills in every month. • Keep the bottle in a dark, dry place. Pill Organizer. • Use Page 2 of the Journal to put each pill in the for the right time of the day. • When you go out, pop out that day’s strip Put it back in the tray at the end of the day. Be Ready for Emergencies Be Ready for Doctor Visits Be Ready for Each Week This guide is not a substitute for your health care professional’s instructions. Always follow your provider’s instructions. These instructions are supplementary only. © 2004 Careguide Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. It is a violation of United States copyright laws to reproduce this publication in any form or by any means without www.carekit.com 06.04.08 533MEDS Coronary Artery SelfCareKit How to “Watch what you Eat” 1 2 3 More Fiber How to Eat More Fiber Cut the Salt Less Fat Eat more of the browns. They have a lot of fiber. All fiber is good. Some fiber even soaks up cholesterol and sweeps it out of your body. Some fruits and vegetables have that same fiber that soaks up and sweeps out cholesterol. Package labels only tell you how much fiber, not what kind. These pictures show you examples of foods with cholesterol- soaking fiber. The back page has a shopping list with these foods and more, to help you remember. MEMORY WORK This guide is not a substitute for your health care professional’s instructions; they are supplementary only. © 2004 Careguide Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. It is a violation of US copyright laws to reproduce this publication in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher. 2.21.08 533012 You need 20-35 grams a day. Check the Total Food Counter to see how much is in a serving. Add the numbers in what you eat until you pass 20. Watch out for the whites. They have almost no fiber. Results “I’m doing more walking now and I finally figured out how to keep my pills organized. I wasn’t keeping track of things before; now I am. Very Impressive.” –VA Patient *Larger BP Cuffs Available SKU #33460
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1-877-CAREKIT 1-877-227-3548
“Our nursing team would like to congratulate you on the excellent user-friendly SelfCareKits.”
–Disease Management Administrator
This problem with your heart is a big surprise. But for a long time--slowly, silently--your arteries have been closing down. Not all your arteries, just two of them: the coronary arteries.
Arteries tighten up and close down when yousmoke, don’t exercise, or get stressed out. Highblood pressure and diabetes also narrow the arteries.
You can make tight arteries relax.
Arteries clog up when you eat fat. Fat turns intoblobs of cholesterol floating in your blood. These blobsstick on the walls of your arteries.
You can keep new fat out of your body so no moresticks on. You can even scrub off some of the old, stuck-on fat.
The coronary arteries make ashort loop back to feed the heartitself, like getting off the highway atthe first exit.
When not enough food and oxygen get through toother parts of your body, like feet or hands, theycomplain by “falling asleep.” You shake more blooddown into them and they’re OK.
When not enough food and oxygenget through to the heart, the heartcomplains--but a lot louder. You getchest pain, or even a “heart attack.”
TWO arteries and TWO reasonswhy blood can’t get through:
turn over the page . . . .
The Short Story on Coronary Arteries
Reason #1: Arteries tighten up and close down.Reason #2: Arteries get clogged with cholesterol.
Blood leaves the heart to carry foodand oxygen to all parts of the body.Blood leaves the heart like THRU TRAFFIC on the highway.
• •
•
•
This guide is not a substitute for your health care professional’s instructions; they are supplementary only. © 2004 Careguide Systems, Inc. Buffalo Grove, IL 60031. All rights reserved. It is a violation of US copyright laws to reproduce this publication in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher.2.21.08 533STORY
Triglycerides Most people have a goal ofless than 150. Is this person doing okay?
LDL Most people aim for less than 100.Is this person OK?
If Sample Test #2 is a man’s test, is HDL OK?
If it’s a woman’s results, is HDL enough?
Is HDL enough to start protecting this person yet?
How to Tell If You’re Making Progress
Health care people call fats lipids. That’s the name on the blood test about fat. A doctor tests you onceor twice a year. If you don’t get your lipid test results, ask for them.
Look for the test name, LIPIDFind the name of each kind of fat. Run yourfinger across until you find the score.
Cholesterol Most people have a goal of less than 200. How is this person doing?
1
3
2
Answers:
Yes OK, but just by one point. Keep working! it No: this person should eat less animal fat123
Yes Yes No, but close. Find where this sample report says, “Protection probable.”123
Sample Test #2
Sample Test #1
123Answers:
4
We say HDL is “good” because it doesn’t stick and it actually pulls LDL out of your arteries. You want to score more than 40.In fact, women want to score more than 50. More than 60 starts protecting you from a heart attack.
Here’s how to read the results. Your paper may look different from thesamples, but it will have the same words somewhere on the page.
• CAD Care, Step X Step • The Short Story on CAD • The Right Pills at the Right TIme • How to “Watch What You Eat”• How to Take Your BP, Step X Step • Auto BP Monitor* • Get Out & Walk/Walking Plan • Magnet Board for Emergencies • Total Food Counter • How to Stop Smoking • “From Stress to Calm” Card • 28-Dose Pill Organizer • Journal • Nitro Necklace
This guide is not a substitute for your health care professional’s instructions. Always follow your provider’s instructions. These instructions are supplementary only.
© 2003 Careguide Systems, Inc. All ri
ghts reserved. It is a violation of U
nited States copyright laws to reproduce this publication in any form or by any means without
written permission fro
m the publisher. 1-877-227-3548. w
ww.carekit.com
04.02.08 529018
Get Out
and Walk
Step
by Step
SHOES:
Comfortable shoes, the rig
ht size, made of
canvas or soft leather.
1
WALK EV
ERY DA
Y
WHY WALK
?Did the doctor say walking is right fo
r you? How many
minutes a day? If you haven’t a
sked yet, don’t s
tart until
you ask.
Walking is good exercise--most anyone can do it. W
alking:
• Gets the blood flowing in your fe
et and legs
• Helps bring the blood pressure down if it
’s too high
You’ll feel th
e payoff in 3 months or le
ss:
• You’ll have more energy
• You’ll sleep better
You need five things to be a regular w
alker:
TIME: Pick a regular tim
e of day to walk. Stick to it.
If you try
for every day, you’ll p
robably make it
5 times a week. Five tim
es a week is good!
2
WRISTWATC
H: Wear a watch to time yourself, o
ut and
back.3
WATER: T
ake a bottle along and drink often.
4GUT
S: Go! Find someone to walk with you--you’ll b
e
more likely to get up and out. But even if y
ou have
to go alone, just go--try
a shopping mall.
5
Don’t overdo it!
If you can talk or sing easily while
walking, you are exercising at the rig
ht pace.
Breathing deeply is OK, but if you are puffin
g and
panting or can't talk, slow down!
Smoking puts nicotine in your body. Nicotine is a drug. You are addicted to a drug.
To get the nicotine out, follow the 4-Day Flush plan. You’ll be 90% nicotine-free at the end.
Don’t wait till the pack is done or “life settles down.” There’s never a perfect time.
How to Stop Smoking The Four-Day Flush Using Simple Foods
Fat hangs on to the nicotine. It fights the cranberry juice. Instead, eat lean meat and fish, with veggies.
In 1 Year:Your risk of a heart attack is cut in half.In 5 Years:Your risk of a stroke goes down so far it’s as if you never smoked.
At least 1 cup a day Make sure it’s sugar-free. Cranberry juice grabs the nicotine and flushes it out of your body.
Cranberry juice also flushes potassium out of your body. But the heart needs potassium. A banana puts potassium back.
Don’t Eat Starch Don’t Eat Sugar
The Four-Day Meal Plan
Eat A BananaDrink Cranberry Juice
Don’t Eat FatLong-Term
Sugar turns into fat. Instead, eat treats like sugar-free gelatin and frozen yogurt.
Within 9 Months • All coughing and wheezing are gone. • Your nose isn’t stuffed up.
Starch turns into sugar. Instead, eat 100% whole grain bread, cereal and pasta.
In 2-3 Weeks• Your breath smells normal again.• Blood is flowing easier.• Lungs hold more air.• Sex is better.
The Four-Day Flush is over. What Now?Start to Eat Fruit Do it only if you’re feeling strong enough to not smoke. If you’re unsure stick with the Meal Plan a few more days.
The Long-Term High keeps getting better:
Stay AlertYou are a smoke-a-holic. No matter how long you’ve been smoke-free, don’t think you can safely take a puff. One puff and you want another. One cigarette becomes two, two becomes a pack and then you’re hooked again. Instead, think:
Keep up the Dodge & Distract PlanAdd new places or events that make you want to smoke and what to do instead.
The urge only lasts three minutes or less. I can resist that long!
Make a Ciggy Bank Save the money you would have spent on smokes. Use it for a special new purchase.
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Coronary Artery Care Step X Step
You will need:• a Scale • a Calendar • a Pencil
This guide is not a substitute for your health care professional’s instructions. Always follow your provider’s instructions. These instructions are supplementary only. © 1999 Careguide Systems, Inc.866-766-5077. All rights reserved. It is a violation of United States copyright laws to reproduce any portion of this publication in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher.
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Stick the Refrigerator Magnet on the refrigerator.Write your Emergency Number in the boxes.
Open it to the first page. Fill in the answers.
•If you don’t know the answers to these questions or Emergency Numbers , call your doctor’s office and ask. You need to know to take chargeof your health.
Find the Journal in the Kit.
Nine Steps to Healthy Arteries
Get Organized
If you have steri-strips or a bandage on yourchest or leg, check that you have instructions forcare. If not, go the back of the Journal. Call thesurgeon’s office to get answers to the questionsthere.
A
First, understand why. Find the Short Story onCoronary Arteries in the Folder. Read it and get clearwhy your job from now on is to:
• KEEP ARTERIES OPEN• KEEP FAT OUT• KEEP TRACK
B
C
D
Stay organized. Find a comfortable place to write.Keep the Journal, Folder, Calendar and Pencil togethernear this place all the time. Keep the Blood PressureMonitor here, too.
Read the Total Carb Counter and Stress Card andkeep them in your purse, pocket or glove compartment.
E
F
The Nine Steps are on the back of this page. Post them on the wall in your bedroom or bathroom.
The doctor wants to see what pills you take. Turn tothe Journal, Page 2. Bring all your pill bottles. List all pills you take for any reason on this page.
• Take the Journal to every clinic visit. Ask a nurse tohelp you fill in any empty spaces and any new pills.Tell about any allergies you have.
• Don’t be shy! You need this information to besure the doctor gives you the right pills.
1
2
3
The Right Pills at the Right Time
When you first open the nitroglycerin pills, markthe date on the Calendar. Count 5 months ahead. Make a note to order new pills that day.
• Fill the NITRO NECKLACE with 6 nitro pills.• Wear the Necklace.• Put new pills in every month.• Keep the bottle in a dark, dry place.
Pick one day a week to fill the Pill Organizer.
• Use Page 2 of the Journal to put each pill in theOrganizer for the right time of the day.
• When you go out, pop out that day’s strip of boxes to carry with you.
Remember: Put it back in the tray at the end of the day.
Be Ready for Emergencies
Be Ready for Doctor Visits
Be Ready for Each Week
This guide is not a substitute for your health care professional’s instructions. Always follow your provider’s instructions. These instructions are supplementary only.© 2004 Careguide Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. It is a violation of United States copyright laws to reproduce this publication in any form or by any means withoutwritten permission from the publisher. 1-866-766-5077. www.carekit.com 06.04.08 533MEDS
Coronary Artery SelfCareKit
How to “Watch what you Eat” The goal is to wake up feeling good about yourself the next day. 1 2 3More Fiber
How to Eat More Fiber
Cut the SaltLess Fat
Eat more of the browns. They have a lot of fiber. All fiber is good.Some fiber even soaks up cholesterol and sweeps it out of your body.
Some fruits and vegetables have that same fiber that soaks upand sweeps out cholesterol.
Package labels only tellyou how much fiber, not what kind. These picturesshow you examples offoods with cholesterol-soaking fiber.
The back page has ashopping list with thesefoods and more, to helpyou remember.
You don’t need anythingwith batter on it.
You don’t need anythingwith cheese on it
MEMORY WORK
How to Survive a Night Out
The Shopping ListCHOLESTEROL-SOAKING FIBER
SALT-FREE FLAVORS FAT FREE Milk, Yogurt
VEGETABLE OILS
BarleyBrown RiceRye BreadOat BranOatmealSesame SeedsChickpeas (Hummus)Kidney BeansLentilsPinto BeansBeets
BananasCranberriesGrapesPeachesPearsPlumsPrunesOrangesStrawberriesTangerines
BroccoliCarrotsPeasWhite Potatoeswith skin
Summer SquashSweet PotatoesZucchiniApplesApricotsBlackberries
Soft Margarine in tubsCanola OilOlive Oil
Take this page and the Total FoodCounter with you to the store!
Don’t forget the popcorn! It’s the one“white” that’s OK--as long as you don’t putbutter and salt on it!
Watch out for fried Find something broiled,baked, grilled, poached,steamed or roasted.
Watch out for sauces
Ask for low fat on the side.
Watch out for dressing
Take red sauce on pasta, notwhite.
Women: 1 drink Men: 2 drinks
Limit alcohol Take small sips over a longtime.
Ask for lemon slices tosqueeze on the salad instead.
Applesauce Ginger Ale
Non-sweet CocoaFat-free Sour Cream
Table Wine (if thedoctor says OK)
Basil LeavesCelery SeedChivesCilantroDillFennel
GarlicGinger RootGreen OnionsHorseradish RootLemonsLimes
MintMushroomsOnionParsleyRed Peppers
This guide is not a substitute for your health care professional’s instructions; they are supplementary only. © 2004 Careguide Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. It is a violation of US copyright laws to reproduce this publication in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher.2.21.08 533012
You need 20-35 grams a day. Check the Total Food Counter to see howmuch is in a serving. Add the numbers in what you eat until you pass 20.
Watch out for the whites. They have almost no fiber.
Results“I’m doing more walking now and I finally figured out how to keep my pills organized. I wasn’t keeping track of things before; now I am. Very Impressive.”
–VA Patient
*Larger BP Cuffs Available
1-877-CAREKIT 1-877-227-3548
“Our nursing team would like to congratulate you on the excellent user-friendly SelfCareKits.”
–Disease Management Administrator
This problem with your heart is a big surprise. But for a long time--slowly, silently--your arteries have been closing down. Not all your arteries, just two of them: the coronary arteries.
Arteries tighten up and close down when yousmoke, don’t exercise, or get stressed out. Highblood pressure and diabetes also narrow the arteries.
You can make tight arteries relax.
Arteries clog up when you eat fat. Fat turns intoblobs of cholesterol floating in your blood. These blobsstick on the walls of your arteries.
You can keep new fat out of your body so no moresticks on. You can even scrub off some of the old, stuck-on fat.
The coronary arteries make ashort loop back to feed the heartitself, like getting off the highway atthe first exit.
When not enough food and oxygen get through toother parts of your body, like feet or hands, theycomplain by “falling asleep.” You shake more blooddown into them and they’re OK.
When not enough food and oxygenget through to the heart, the heartcomplains--but a lot louder. You getchest pain, or even a “heart attack.”
TWO arteries and TWO reasonswhy blood can’t get through:
turn over the page . . . .
The Short Story on Coronary Arteries
Reason #1: Arteries tighten up and close down.Reason #2: Arteries get clogged with cholesterol.
Blood leaves the heart to carry foodand oxygen to all parts of the body.Blood leaves the heart like THRU TRAFFIC on the highway.
• •
•
•
This guide is not a substitute for your health care professional’s instructions; they are supplementary only. © 2004 Careguide Systems, Inc. Buffalo Grove, IL 60031. All rights reserved. It is a violation of US copyright laws to reproduce this publication in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher.2.21.08 533STORY
Triglycerides Most people have a goal ofless than 150. Is this person doing okay?
LDL Most people aim for less than 100.Is this person OK?
If Sample Test #2 is a man’s test, is HDL OK?
If it’s a woman’s results, is HDL enough?
Is HDL enough to start protecting this person yet?
How to Tell If You’re Making Progress
Health care people call fats lipids. That’s the name on the blood test about fat. A doctor tests you onceor twice a year. If you don’t get your lipid test results, ask for them.
Look for the test name, LIPIDFind the name of each kind of fat. Run yourfinger across until you find the score.
Cholesterol Most people have a goal of less than 200. How is this person doing?
1
3
2
Answers:
Yes OK, but just by one point. Keep working! it No: this person should eat less animal fat123
Yes Yes No, but close. Find where this sample report says, “Protection probable.”123
Sample Test #2
Sample Test #1
123Answers:
4
We say HDL is “good” because it doesn’t stick and it actually pulls LDL out of your arteries. You want to score more than 40.In fact, women want to score more than 50. More than 60 starts protecting you from a heart attack.
Here’s how to read the results. Your paper may look different from thesamples, but it will have the same words somewhere on the page.
• CAD Care, Step X Step • The Short Story on CAD • The Right Pills at the Right TIme • How to “Watch What You Eat”• How to Take Your BP, Step X Step • Auto BP Monitor* • Get Out & Walk/Walking Plan • Magnet Board for Emergencies • Total Food Counter • How to Stop Smoking • “From Stress to Calm” Card • 28-Dose Pill Organizer • Journal • Nitro Necklace
This guide is not a substitute for your health care professional’s instructions. Always follow your provider’s instructions. These instructions are supplementary only.
© 2003 Careguide Systems, Inc. All ri
ghts reserved. It is a violation of U
nited States copyright laws to reproduce this publication in any form or by any means without
written permission fro
m the publisher. 1-877-227-3548. w
ww.carekit.com
04.02.08 529018
Get Out
and Walk
Step
by Step
SHOES:
Comfortable shoes, the rig
ht size, made of
canvas or soft leather.
1
WALK EV
ERY DA
Y
WHY WALK
?Did the doctor say walking is right fo
r you? How many
minutes a day? If you haven’t a
sked yet, don’t s
tart until
you ask.
Walking is good exercise--most anyone can do it. W
alking:
• Gets the blood flowing in your fe
et and legs
• Helps bring the blood pressure down if it
’s too high
You’ll feel th
e payoff in 3 months or le
ss:
• You’ll have more energy
• You’ll sleep better
You need five things to be a regular w
alker:
TIME: Pick a regular tim
e of day to walk. Stick to it.
If you try
for every day, you’ll p
robably make it
5 times a week. Five tim
es a week is good!
2
WRISTWATC
H: Wear a watch to time yourself, o
ut and
back.3
WATER: T
ake a bottle along and drink often.
4GUT
S: Go! Find someone to walk with you--you’ll b
e
more likely to get up and out. But even if y
ou have
to go alone, just go--try
a shopping mall.
5
Don’t overdo it!
If you can talk or sing easily while
walking, you are exercising at the rig
ht pace.
Breathing deeply is OK, but if you are puffin
g and
panting or can't talk, slow down!
Smoking puts nicotine in your body. Nicotine is a drug. You are addicted to a drug.
To get the nicotine out, follow the 4-Day Flush plan. You’ll be 90% nicotine-free at the end.
Don’t wait till the pack is done or “life settles down.” There’s never a perfect time.
How to Stop Smoking The Four-Day Flush Using Simple Foods
Fat hangs on to the nicotine. It fights the cranberry juice. Instead, eat lean meat and fish, with veggies.
In 1 Year:Your risk of a heart attack is cut in half.In 5 Years:Your risk of a stroke goes down so far it’s as if you never smoked.
At least 1 cup a day Make sure it’s sugar-free. Cranberry juice grabs the nicotine and flushes it out of your body.
Cranberry juice also flushes potassium out of your body. But the heart needs potassium. A banana puts potassium back.
Don’t Eat Starch Don’t Eat Sugar
The Four-Day Meal Plan
Eat A BananaDrink Cranberry Juice
Don’t Eat FatLong-Term
Sugar turns into fat. Instead, eat treats like sugar-free gelatin and frozen yogurt.
Within 9 Months • All coughing and wheezing are gone. • Your nose isn’t stuffed up.
Starch turns into sugar. Instead, eat 100% whole grain bread, cereal and pasta.
In 2-3 Weeks• Your breath smells normal again.• Blood is flowing easier.• Lungs hold more air.• Sex is better.
The Four-Day Flush is over. What Now?Start to Eat Fruit Do it only if you’re feeling strong enough to not smoke. If you’re unsure stick with the Meal Plan a few more days.
The Long-Term High keeps getting better:
Stay AlertYou are a smoke-a-holic. No matter how long you’ve been smoke-free, don’t think you can safely take a puff. One puff and you want another. One cigarette becomes two, two becomes a pack and then you’re hooked again. Instead, think:
Keep up the Dodge & Distract PlanAdd new places or events that make you want to smoke and what to do instead.
The urge only lasts three minutes or less. I can resist that long!
Make a Ciggy Bank Save the money you would have spent on smokes. Use it for a special new purchase.
©2004-2009 Communication Science, Inc. All rights reserved. 54DF
Coronary Artery Care Step X Step
You will need:• a Scale • a Calendar • a Pencil
This guide is not a substitute for your health care professional’s instructions. Always follow your provider’s instructions. These instructions are supplementary only. © 1999 Careguide Systems, Inc.866-766-5077. All rights reserved. It is a violation of United States copyright laws to reproduce any portion of this publication in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher.
6.04.08 533066
Stick the Refrigerator Magnet on the refrigerator.Write your Emergency Number in the boxes.
Open it to the first page. Fill in the answers.
•If you don’t know the answers to these questions or Emergency Numbers , call your doctor’s office and ask. You need to know to take chargeof your health.
Find the Journal in the Kit.
Nine Steps to Healthy Arteries
Get Organized
If you have steri-strips or a bandage on yourchest or leg, check that you have instructions forcare. If not, go the back of the Journal. Call thesurgeon’s office to get answers to the questionsthere.
A
First, understand why. Find the Short Story onCoronary Arteries in the Folder. Read it and get clearwhy your job from now on is to:
• KEEP ARTERIES OPEN• KEEP FAT OUT• KEEP TRACK
B
C
D
Stay organized. Find a comfortable place to write.Keep the Journal, Folder, Calendar and Pencil togethernear this place all the time. Keep the Blood PressureMonitor here, too.
Read the Total Carb Counter and Stress Card andkeep them in your purse, pocket or glove compartment.
E
F
The Nine Steps are on the back of this page. Post them on the wall in your bedroom or bathroom.
The doctor wants to see what pills you take. Turn tothe Journal, Page 2. Bring all your pill bottles. List all pills you take for any reason on this page.
• Take the Journal to every clinic visit. Ask a nurse tohelp you fill in any empty spaces and any new pills.Tell about any allergies you have.
• Don’t be shy! You need this information to besure the doctor gives you the right pills.
1
2
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The Right Pills at the Right Time
When you first open the nitroglycerin pills, markthe date on the Calendar. Count 5 months ahead. Make a note to order new pills that day.
• Fill the NITRO NECKLACE with 6 nitro pills.• Wear the Necklace.• Put new pills in every month.• Keep the bottle in a dark, dry place.
Pick one day a week to fill the Pill Organizer.
• Use Page 2 of the Journal to put each pill in theOrganizer for the right time of the day.
• When you go out, pop out that day’s strip of boxes to carry with you.
Remember: Put it back in the tray at the end of the day.
Be Ready for Emergencies
Be Ready for Doctor Visits
Be Ready for Each Week
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Coronary Artery SelfCareKit
How to “Watch what you Eat” The goal is to wake up feeling good about yourself the next day. 1 2 3More Fiber
How to Eat More Fiber
Cut the SaltLess Fat
Eat more of the browns. They have a lot of fiber. All fiber is good.Some fiber even soaks up cholesterol and sweeps it out of your body.
Some fruits and vegetables have that same fiber that soaks upand sweeps out cholesterol.
Package labels only tellyou how much fiber, not what kind. These picturesshow you examples offoods with cholesterol-soaking fiber.
The back page has ashopping list with thesefoods and more, to helpyou remember.
You don’t need anythingwith batter on it.
You don’t need anythingwith cheese on it
MEMORY WORK
How to Survive a Night Out
The Shopping ListCHOLESTEROL-SOAKING FIBER
SALT-FREE FLAVORS FAT FREE Milk, Yogurt
VEGETABLE OILS
BarleyBrown RiceRye BreadOat BranOatmealSesame SeedsChickpeas (Hummus)Kidney BeansLentilsPinto BeansBeets
BananasCranberriesGrapesPeachesPearsPlumsPrunesOrangesStrawberriesTangerines
BroccoliCarrotsPeasWhite Potatoeswith skin
Summer SquashSweet PotatoesZucchiniApplesApricotsBlackberries
Soft Margarine in tubsCanola OilOlive Oil
Take this page and the Total FoodCounter with you to the store!
Don’t forget the popcorn! It’s the one“white” that’s OK--as long as you don’t putbutter and salt on it!
Watch out for fried Find something broiled,baked, grilled, poached,steamed or roasted.
Watch out for sauces
Ask for low fat on the side.
Watch out for dressing
Take red sauce on pasta, notwhite.
Women: 1 drink Men: 2 drinks
Limit alcohol Take small sips over a longtime.
Ask for lemon slices tosqueeze on the salad instead.
Applesauce Ginger Ale
Non-sweet CocoaFat-free Sour Cream
Table Wine (if thedoctor says OK)
Basil LeavesCelery SeedChivesCilantroDillFennel
GarlicGinger RootGreen OnionsHorseradish RootLemonsLimes
MintMushroomsOnionParsleyRed Peppers
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You need 20-35 grams a day. Check the Total Food Counter to see howmuch is in a serving. Add the numbers in what you eat until you pass 20.
Watch out for the whites. They have almost no fiber.
Results“I’m doing more walking now and I finally figured out how to keep my pills organized. I wasn’t keeping track of things before; now I am. Very Impressive.”
–VA Patient
*Larger BP Cuffs Available
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