Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is considering a liver transplant as a result of complications after treatment for pancreatic cancer in 2004, according to people who are monitoring his illness.
Patients with Jobs’s condition can survive for 20 years or more from the time of their original cancer diagnosis, and the surgery often gives good results, said Steven Brower, professor and chairman of surgery at Mercer University School of Medicine in Savannah, Georgia. Brower hasn’t treated Jobs and doesn’t know details of his condition.
Jobs, who appeared increasingly thin and frail throughout 2008, hasn’t provided details about his condition. In a statement released Jan. 5, Jobs said he was suffering from a “hormone imbalance” and that the remedy for his weight loss was “relatively simple.” On Jan. 14, he announced that he was taking a five-month medical leave because his health issues were “more complex” than he originally thought.
In a telephone interview today, Jobs said he won’t comment further on his health.
Oh, c’mon! This story was making the rounds last week and is based on NOTHING! It’s already been completely discredited. Bloomberg has NO sources “close” to Steve or any of his doctors.
This story by Bloomberg destroys whatever respect I had for them (which wasn’t much to begin with, come to think of it).
I’m sure with his pull, he wont have to be on a list with the peasants.
John, you’re as reprehensible as Bloomberg. What, no semi-naked dancing girl as the lead? You’re slipping.
#1. and #3. Like it or not, this is news. Imagine the number of people it affects.
Death pool, anyone?
It sucks to get old.
It’s no secret that Steve Jobs drains the blood from a volunteer Apple fanboy every year, in order to sustain his creative energy.
Now all he needs is a liver, and maybe a few other vital organs. It’s a small sacrifice.
# 5 BL22 said, “Death pool, anyone?”
“Patients with Jobs’s condition can survive for 20 years or more from the time of their original cancer diagnosis, and the surgery often gives good results, said Steven Brower,”
“Jan. 5, Jobs said he was suffering from a “hormone imbalance” and that the remedy for his weight loss was “relatively simple.”
http://www.gihealth.com/html/education/pancreaticCancer.html
“By the time pancreatic cancer is diagnosed, it is usually too late for a promising outcome. In fact, pancreatic cancer has the lowest 5 year survival of any cancer.” … “The pancreas has two main functions. One is to produce hormones such as insulin, which regulates the blood sugar”
I’m sure there’s an Apple fan boy out there ready to donate a liver.
#4.
The point is, it’s NOT news. It’s a made up story with no basis in verifiable fact.
Probably just some investor wanting to short Apple stock.
If he did need a transplant (who knows if he actually does though), wouldn’t part of the anti-rejection regime be a well balanced omnivorous diet as well as the anti-rejection drugs he’d be put on along with the 30 odd protein, chemical and mineral supplements he’s already on every day to stave off his self inflicted malnutrition caused by his veganism??
I think Jobs waits too long until he gets real treatment. He must be someone who thinks he can treat himself. But even a common person could tell that he had a more serious condition that needed more then a diet adjustment.
I’m not wishing ill on anyone, but, I also don’t think money should be the deciding factor in any organ transplant.
Maybe if a few more people would sign their driver license donor forms there would be less of a line up for organs.
I like Steve as much as the next fanboy but lest be realistic here. Sure, it’s all speculation at this point but the official line doesn’t add up. Hormone imbalance? Malabsorption? Those sound like the symptoms rather than the root cause. I wish Steve the best and want to see him well but I fear he is sicker than we are being lead to believe.
John’s a reporter. Don’t shoot the messenger.
# 16 Rob said, “Hormone imbalance? Malabsorption? Those sound like the symptoms rather than the root cause.”
Those are common symptoms of ongoing (and fatal) pancreatic cancer…
Steve Jobs DOES NOT have a pancreatic cancer. In fact, his condition is very different from the classic pancreatic cancer in all respects: the disease itself, treatment, prognosis, etc. How do I know? I happen to have exactly the same condition. So, to those of you, jealous assholes, who are gleefully wishing Jobs to suffer for the sake of your enjoyment: go screw yourself. I hope you and yours never have to experience what he’s going through.
# 17: Yet again, it appears you, PO, have no freaking clue what you are talking about here. For a change, if you are really curious, use Google to educate yourself before exposing your silly self.
# 19 Proud Alien said, “Yet again, it appears you, PO, have no freaking clue what you are talking about here.”
Argue with the doctors that wrote it, not me.
http://www.gihealth.com/html/education/pancreaticCancer.html
Where did you receive your M.D.?
# 20: Dude, pay attention. You are linking to a site that describes a wrong condition. This is what Jobs had:
http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/pancreatic-islet-cell-tumor/overview.html
This is very different from ADENOCARCINOMA
OF THE PANCREAS (classic pancreatic cancer). MD? I am living with the same condition, so my interest is a bit more personal than that.
# 21 Proud Alien said, “Dude, pay attention. You are linking to a site that describes a wrong condition. This is what Jobs had:”
Actually, I’ve seen major news sites that claim it’s pancreatic cancer. Do you have a link to where Jobs says it isn’t? I couldn’t find one.
Stubborn lad, aren’t you? While many things about his health are a mystery, there is no disagreement about the fact that originally he had a non-functioning islet cell tumor. Though it is often called “pancreatic cancer”, in strict medical terms it’s not even a cancer (it is a type of carcinoma, a much slower-growing tumor). Unlike its evil cousin, NET has a much better prognosis. A mere fact that Jobs is past or almost at his 5-year mark since the original diagnosis, is an indirect proof of that. I bet you Patrick Swayze would love to have Steve’s odds.
#24: Huh?
Yo, amigo, do you yourself know what the fukc you are trying to say? I remember seeing your posts before, but, frankly, I wasn’t aware of the utter level of intellectual impediment you possess. As they say, think before you speak, pal.
# 23 Proud Alien said, “Stubborn lad, aren’t you?”
So, where’s your source saying that it isn’t “pancreatic cancer”? … Waiting…