How can a civilization survive proton decay?

In a very distant future people have survived by slowing the metabolism to extremely long timescales, reducing the energy consumption per time. It is causing thought processes and movements to be exceptionally slow. A normal "5 minute conversation" would then take longer than the current age of the universe, even though it would still "feel" like 5 minutes for the people conversing. However on the microscopic level proton decay is a significant problem, being the number one reason for death. The particles of which we are made of, are decaying. How could this very advanced civilization survive proton decay?

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