Teflon cooking is dangerous

Hi,

I am new to this group. I want as many people as possible to know that I was contagioned by Teflon. I've never trusted it, and when it contagions you, you want to tell everyone how dangerous it is. I've used surgical stainless steel for over 2 years. I recently moved in with some friends after Hurricane Katrina. I still used my own stainless steel cookware while they used the Teflon. I'd walk into the kitchen, and I could smell the Teflon pots, which were brand new I might add. I didn't say anything because I cooked my own food in my own pots. Well, a few days later, I developed severe back pains and in my joints. (I'm only 23 years old by the way and very athletic) My back has never hurted before. Heck, I don't even lift heavy objects!

Then the cold sweats came on only to be followed by "weird chills" that made me shake. The people I was staying with didn't know what to make of it. I also had piercing stomach pains and diarrhea. Oh yes, the headaches were excruciating. It felt like a brick was constantly being pressed against my head. Long story short, my mother emphatically told me over the phone I had the infamous Teflon flu. "Teflon flu?" HUH?? I had every symptom. End of story: my friends realized what had happened. We started cooking in the stainless steel and today I feel like a million bucks. My career is in the field of computer networking-consulting, which is very technically oriented. So this isn't simply an emotional response to a "seasonal flu". I know for a fact that Teflon fumes contagioned me. Believe me or not you have been