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Oh my god! It's good to hear that he is doing well. If this is in fact true, it's pretty impressive that they managed to keep this private for so long. For the time being though, Apple is certainly in capable hands. Hopefully he'll be able to come back at the end of the month and is recovering from the operation.
 
I'm really surprised that we didn't hear about this until two months later.

Get better Steve, looking forward to seeing you back at Apple.
 
Just read this on Wall St Journal. Very surprised it was under wraps for so long. Hopefully Steve won't rush back to Apple and take his time.

Get well Mr. Jobs
 
There's something "fishy" here. The most private person on this planet... Liver transplant.. on the same day the iPhone 3G S came out? isn't that weird?

but anyways, wish him the best and full 3GS recovery :D !!!!
We love you stevey!!
 
This should never have been released.

Either way, I wish Steve a speedy recovery and all the health in the world.
 
liver trans = 5 yrs :(

Doctor says: Liver transplant = 5 yrs to live on ave

Go out fighting Steve!

Sh*t....



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Doctor says: Liver transplant = 5 yrs to live on ave

Go out fighting Steve!

Sh*t....



:(

Where did you learn math? 75% of people live five years post liver transplant. That means 25% of people die some time prior to five years and 75% live five years or more.
 
While I'm obviously happy that he's receiving treatment, I can't help but cringe at the AAPL plunge that will occur Monday morning.

Talk about a PR s**tstorm...and it's rightly deserved, IMHO, because Apple has handled this entire matter horribly from start to finish.
 
Get well...

As I was siting here setting up my new 3G S, I just read this... The phone doesn't seem to important now...

Here's to you Steve and a FULL recovery!
 
why Tennessee?

TN has one of the lowest waiting times for a liver in the country, according to the WSJ:
"Tennessee isn't known as a magnet for liver transplants. But wait times do appear to be considerably shorter than elsewhere in the country. In 2006, the median number of days from joining the liver waiting list to transplant was 306 nationally. In Tennessee, it was 48 days."

The real scandal is that how did he bypass or even get on the waiting list at all? There are very few organs donated in the US. People that are near death are the first to get livers.... Jobs was sick, but nowhere near death. People far sicker than him die waiting for a liver. Patients wait for years for a liver, typically. Also from the WSJ: "Last year, 1,481 people died awaiting a donor."

Either he got a living donor (someone donated part of their liver to him) OR somehow someone pulled some strings and pushed him up to the head of the waiting list by lying about the severity of his condition (ironically publicly Jobs downplayed the severity of his condition). I don't think he had a living donor since he would not need to move to Tennessee for the surgery and 2 month recovery in that case. The ONLY reason to have the surgery in TN was that he wanted the shortest line to a donated organ-- but even still, I am surprised that he got an organ since he wasn't critically ill.

Also, what is interesting is that a quick google search reveals that this wasn't really a big secret. There were multiple posts in the last few months (prior to today's WSJ revelation) detailing Jobs being treated at Methodist (not St Jude's) Hospital in Memphis, the reported home he was staying in, sighting of his private jet, and even sighting of him at an Indian restaurant (!)

The fact that these details were all posted by bloggers in Memphis during the exact time Jobs was reported to be in Memphis, and actively discussed, suggests that it is all true. Yet nobody reported this either in the media, or on Apple rumor sites. Pretty amazing, if you ask me.
 
Where did you learn math? 75% of people live five years post liver transplant. That means 25% of people die some time prior to five years and 75% live five years or more.

Yes, but the CAUSE of this liver transplant (metastatic pancreatic cancer) has an extremely poor prognosis even with a pancreaticoduodenectomy (5 year all-cause mortality >95%). In the case of metastatic disease, I would expect that mortality would be even greater. Pancreatic cancer is hard to find, difficult to treat and aggressive. I wish him the best.
 
Where did you learn math? 75% of people live five years post liver transplant. That means 25% of people die some time prior to five years and 75% live five years or more.

I wish you were right, but liver transplant is a very temporary solution, he will be needing another liver 5 years from now, maybe 6 or 7 years. But this is VERY bad news, I almost think he should not come back to apple and really enjoy his fortune, see the world.

Best wishes to SJ, here's to hoping we see the first human to live 30 years with a liver transplant.
 
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