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People have no idea how important the microbiome is to their health. At the very least, one should make a "backup" of the microbiome so it can be repopulated later in case something goes pear-shaped. Messing with stuff can cause all kinds of endotoxin / auto-immune issues.

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I'm no medical science person, but I had surgery a year ago for some type of severe gangrene, and while I miraculously came out whole, I'm still suffering horrible digestive issues that had nothing to do with it, presumably from the antibiotics needed to nuke the bad bacteria (because of intolerance to the one that was more efficient they had to use more indiscriminate solutions).

It didn't specifically cause the issues you mention, but it sure caused some.

I had antibiotics induced digestive problems too. I saw a specialist and the treatment was another cocktail of antibiotics.

It worked immediately after taking the first dose.

What kind of specialist was this?

A gastroenterologist.

Go to sprouts/whholefoods/mother's and get the most expensive probiotics like the emergency 5 day version. Repeat maybe a few weeks after.

I love the thought that one's gut should have an off-site backup for DR purposes.

One theory is that this is what the role of the appendix is: backup, storage and recovery.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170109162333.h...

Current backups are in close relatives. They'll take a sample of feces from a relative, liquify it and remove solids, and seed your rear end with the results.

Been doing this for decades.

Turns out that’s what the appendix is for!

How does one make such a backup?

Core dump and cold storage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_microbiota_transplant

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