--the other aspect to your particular situation, Joe, is that in addition to KNOWN toxins that you were probably exposed to, there are likely many substances that have not yet had toxicity levels established that you were also exposed to. Add to this the fact that many of these substances were altered in unpredictable chemical ways by the heat, pressure, and mixing, and it would almost be surprising if you didn't have symptoms.

When it comes to toxic neural damage, a lot has to do with dosage size as to whether one gets an immediate reaction of whether it come on over a longer period--and there's no way to determine what kind of doses you may have experienced. But I suspect that at the least you're having some sort of autoimmune situation that may involve molecular mimicry from organic molecules on top of what ever inorganic "direct" toxicity your body has experienced from metals and ceramics. And, an aspiration of fat from you body would be very interesting (many of the heavier materials migrate to that type of tissue over time).