Keychain have diseapeared!

Hi there,
When trying to save a secure note or saving a password (mail account), I was getting an error message saying "cannot find the file". I have tried using the keychain first aid but, the verification failed and I am getting the following message in the log:
User differs on ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain, should be 501, owner is 0
All my Passwords, Secure notes and My Certificates have disapeared, only the "Certificates" remains.
I'll appreciate any help!

Well, I'm at a loss. Have you done an Internet search or search in this community support for this issue with keychain access?
Have you tried Keychain Access / Keychain First Aid to try to repair?  Sorry, you already said you tried this.
Check this link by someone who had the same or similar issue. And this one.

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