Please share a tip on some do's and don'ts with regard to heart surgery.

Heart: Heart surgery is not an end game. You need to get on a healthy life program afterwards to keep well.

Use: Use the mediterranean diet and regular exercise to improve your status.

Living: Living with heart surgery is learning to live a healthy life style.

Cotonary: Coronary bypass is effective at improving life style and giving the patient a chance to stay so.

If: If your sternum was split, be careful about stressing your chest wall, especially first 3 months after.

Discuss: Discuss your expectations and recognize that many people need rehab after and don't go right home.

Make: Make sure that all your risk factors are controlled. You want to avoid heart surgery.