St.Jude Bovine valves and proteolytic enzyme therapy?

[Michellemar]

Hi guys. Back with my second valve replacement-first an AVR April2011 and Tricuspid replacement 2months ago-done (both) by that incredible Dr. Starnes, the both of them. To save my life is hardly putting it how grateful I am. Have a Q for anyone whi knows this stuff...
In Germany proteolytic enzymes-taken w/0 food and buffered are used as apparenlt a out as much as aspirin (not for same thin!) to go into the gut, into the bloodstream and clean out extraneous messes like thick bolos from just junk. They eat it up and clean the blood. Scores and scores of people's testimonies over and over has me on board BUT. I have ST. Jude Bovine valves. Sports people use it to clean up their I juries, fibromyalgics, etc. How goes this with my valves?? Now meat is digested in the stomach with high HCL yet the stomach is not eaten up. Apparently the potoeolytics can tell live, protected muscle(or plain protein) from non- protected dead stuff and thus cleans the blood. Back to the St. Jude Bovine valves... Are they food for proteolytic enzymes ( papain, from papaya etc)-or not? I have such a high CRP and it can reduce that to one or two in some people. And surely crumbed up dirty blood..even on temp coumadin I didnt hardly bleed, I know lots of crud sits around joints of which mine are so painful I can't really even do cardiac rehab without stirring up a hornet's nest. Anyone who knows anything about proteolytic enzymes and St. Jude valves... Please speak to this issue. I'd so like to be out of pain.... Michelle

 

[Bina]

Hi Michelle,
Sorry to hear that you are in so much pain, and I don't know the answer to your question. Post op I just stayed on a healthy organic diet, very balanced, low salt, low fat, low calorie.
Everything in small amounts spread out during the day otherwise the stomach does get over burdened which seems to affect everything else. (in my case)

 

[mcsf]

I had to google proteolytic enzymes. What I found sounds very interesting. I'd be interested to hear what you do and or find out. Sorry to hear you are in such pain. Hopefully it will pass soon.