The story of this old pillow, though it took me years, is not a bad lesson for the rest of us. If you have health problems, check not just yourself, but everything around you. Maybe you have metal in your pillow, maybe your water filter is feeding you plastic, maybe your dog has toxoplasmosis, your wife's favorite spice to put on a salad is an old TV part, and there's a piece of radioactive uranium embedded in the wall of your house.