Steve Jobs’ Health
Today Apple released a press release, a Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs informing the world that his weight loss is not a recurrence of his pancreatic cancer, and that he is able to continue carrying out his duties as Apple’s CEO while recovering from his “hormone imbalance:”
Dear Apple Community,
For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.
Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.
I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.
As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.
Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.
The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery.
I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first.
So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.
Steve
This comes in response to a post on Gizmodo, Steve Jobs’ Health Declining Rapidly, Reason for Macworld Cancellation, which alleges that “Steves health is rapidly declining. Apple is choosing to remove the hype factor strategically vs letting the hype destroy apple when the inevitable news comes later this spring.”
When this latest revelation is coupled with the previous delays we’ve seen in reporting Job’s health problems, the only thing we can expect is worse news. If you follow Apple and appreciate its products, do not be surprised if Steve Jobs resigns as CEO, or is replaced by the Apple board following a deterioration in his health, or death.
Update: It appears that the common thought that Jobs is sicker than Apple’s willing to admit was true. Apple just released a press release stating that Steve Jobs’ “health-related issues are more complex than [he] originally thought” and that he “decided to take a medical leave of absence until the end of June.”
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To Steve: God Speed in your recovery (whatever may be at the root)!
To the persons who should m-t-o-f-b with respect to Steve's personal medical situation: STFU! It's none of your business, not of my business, and only HIS business!
And THAT's all *I* have to say about that!
Where is his letter does he say; “that his weight loss is not a recurrence of his pancreatic cancer”? The hormone imbalance could be caused by a recurrence. I wish him all the best but the letter is just an explanation of why he did not attend Macworld. Watch Apple's stock value tie to his health issues.
I do not think that Mr. Jobs and his doctors know exactly what this hormonal imbalance is. The kind of cancer he had is a very rare condition but it is also very elusive and very difficult to track. It releases certain hormone or hormone like chemicals in the body that cause weight loss, among other things. No one seems to know in the public what the original pathologic diagnosis was. He did undergo a big surgery (Whipple's procedure), by some reports. This cancer can spread to liver and other organs. I think that they are still looking for this same cancer which is highly elusive.
Dear Steve
We are sure you wil win this war, with god present in your life.
We are sure that we will see you soon recovery
Carlos Adaro and his family, sent regards from Chile