How short was the time that incredible man was spared for me to know him. I am so proud to read in a very old newspaper, that flags flew at half-mast and all places of business in the town were closed on the day of his funeral.
I still have the Brownie uniform I wore that day. It had already
been handed down many times by several preceding generations, and is now possibly the oldest in the world.
The campaign to promote the Control and Prevention of Hemochromatosis has demanded more than 30 years of my life — but I do not regret a single moment of it!
I think of my mother, the little eight-year-old of long ago, imprisoned in the Johannesburg Fort together with her mother, grandmother (who would later die in a concentration camp), and her younger siblings, and it is agonizing to realize that she and I were both robbed of our husbands by a monster with a grinning face of evil hiding behind a mask of virtue...IRON!
Article comments
1 - Jordan Richardson
Wonderful, informative piece. Thanks for sharing it, Marie!
2 - Elaine Murray
"Let go of Hemochromatosis"? This lady? NEVER! It's ingrained in her. A subject too close to her heart. As I have commented in her guest book, she may have o let go of it, but it won't let go of her. The tail of that "dog" will continue to wag her, and the phone will still ring!
3 - Sharon van Dalen
Marie, you have done a great job and God will bless you for all your time and effort. You are a wonderful friend. Love Sharon
4 - Simon Terblanche
What a great way to round off a great series! My wife, Melinda, and I have devoured all the helpful info you have provided.
5 - Selma Graham
I was directed to this article by a message on Facebook, and I agree with all the accolades this writer receives. As a victim of HHC myself, it grieves me, however, to find - in close proximity to what I have been reading - that anyone could promote chelation as an alternastive to phlebotmies.
Genes cannot be "chelated" out of people, and in 'The Bronze Killer' Marie Warder clearly states that, in order to avoid tissue damage, it is necessary to eliminate the excess iron faster than it an re-accumulate.