Abu wrote:AF is not a cut but a tear in the skin. An AF does not affect the muscle itself whereas an incision is done as deep as the muscle fibers go.
I will always regret taking the decision to surgically repair an inguinal hernia - this is also why I developed an AF in the first place as the antibiotics really wiped out my gut flora and made me constipated. Also, I have other symptoms which I will never get rid off - but this is not the place to discuss it. My point is, if you can try other methods do it or you may end up regretting all your life. If you already tried everything you can think of with no success then you can be at peace with yourself and try surgery as a last resort.
I still believe that medicine is advancing every single day and I am confident that in 5 or maybe 10 years from now new procedures or treatments will be availble for people suffering from this.
i have countless of example in other domains: look at knee or hip arthroscopy which were also considered "the gold standard" for more than a decade and now slowly but surely people realized that it is not the best option anymore, on the contrary.
Time will tell but if you want to keep your body intact, as God meant it to be, then you should do whatever it takes and go to any lengths to find relief and healing naturally.
Treat your body the way you want it to treat you and you will find the way to healing.

Abu wrote:You cannot correct the damage, plain and simple. All probiotics and fermented foods are very healthy indeed, but the bacteria are tansitory - they do not colonize your gut. That doesn't mean you should not eat them, on the contrary, but do not expect them to create a home in your gut.

The most important thing is to avoid eating junk food and especially sugars as this will reduce the number of pathogenic bacteria that will colonize your intestines. Also, your apendice is the one that keeps strains of the "original" bacteria and comes to the rescue - but you need to help those good guys to find a proper home.

To be honest, I know many of you will not find this pleasant, but I think that fecal transplant is one good method to fight with an AF - regardeles of antibiotic treatment. I have no idea about the costs, as in my country this is not available, but I would be the first to do it if given the opportunity. You basically populate your gut with bacteria from a healthy person and this can help tremendously, with all sort of diseases.
You know already by know, I hope, that most of our diseases originate from the gut.

This is one of the reasons why I avoid antibiotics at all costs, as I know how important the bacteria is and I want to nurture it and take care of it, just like they do for me.