Well, the atkins thing I think is normal for someone who is taking in nothing but protein. Your body has to break down all that protein adn in the digestion process there are odors and gases emitted from the breaking down of fats, proteins, and so forth. How ever since you were on prednisone your immune system was supressed so you do not have teh enzymes and good bacteria to neutralize those emissions from digestion processes...hence a build up of toxins in your digestive tract and blood. It is possible that if something irritated your throat while swallowing and scratched it making it raw...there is a good chance that you could get a small infection due to your immune system being supressed and
open for bad bacteria to grow without being combatted by the good. Its possible you could have thrush and bad bacteria growing in there. I think I do and am calling my gastro tomorrow to get a prescrition for it. I had a cold about
two months ago with a bad cough, then becaus ethe cough was so bad my throat was raw adn i think a got mild bronchitis which I think then attracted this thrush stuff which all makes sense after reading about
it. When I swallow it takes a while for the food to feel like its going down which is a symptom of thrush..along with the breath thing which seems more like a sick, infection type breath rather than regular bad breath. I think there is a distinct difference. Just read more on this forum as well as in healing well and you should find more people experiencing similar things. I know I did. Thats how i found out about
this.