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Steve Jobs Taking Medical Leave of Absence Until June
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Maybe some Golden Tickets packaged with iPods for the keys to the kingdom?
Best Wishes to a Great Visionary.
Best Wishes to a Great Visionary.
I just saw this somewhere, do you guys know whether it's true or not?
Probably a photoshop.
https://secure.wikileaks.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs_purported_HIV_medical_status_results,_2008
Probably a photoshop.
https://secure.wikileaks.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs_purported_HIV_medical_status_results,_2008
I just saw this somewhere, do you guys know whether it's true or not?
Probably a photoshop.
I call a fake on this one - besides, Chlamydia and Gonorrhea tests are usually administered independently of the HIV test.
You're probably right, even if he does have HIV, it doesn't mean he'll die soon. People with AIDS live long and productive life.
I just saw this somewhere, do you guys know whether it's true or not?
Probably a photoshop.
Id recommend you take that down. Its fake, but if it were real, theres social security information on there and i dont think you need the full force of Apples lawyer team knocking on your door.
Steve you are truly one of my heros. I look up to you and you are a great man. You revolutionized the world and paved the road for the future. Get Well very soon.
Well it would be eerie if it happens but it seems so clear when you take a step back and look at the big picture, to concise to be coincidence.
Still, I wish him well and hope he's okay.
He has done so much for the electronic world.
Be well Mr. Jobs.
2% drop
Well all the doomsayers who predicted AAPL would tank were just "chicken littles"
Just a 2% drop, even V was down more than that yesterday.
I think the street is very comfortable with Cook due to his expertise in supply chain management and his great track record at Apple.
Get well Steve!
Well all the doomsayers who predicted AAPL would tank were just "chicken littles"
Just a 2% drop, even V was down more than that yesterday.
I think the street is very comfortable with Cook due to his expertise in supply chain management and his great track record at Apple.
Get well Steve!
I think it's more that Apple has a lot of products in the pipeline. Investors will be willing to wait a while to see what the long-term effects of Jobs' absence will be.
Something I learned in medical school and my residencies:
"Internists know everything, but do nothing.
Surgeons do everything, but know nothing.
Pathologists know everything and do everything, but too late!"
dont see what the big deal is
Sure steve is probably gone forever
but that day is inevitable
it will come for warren buffet as well
and several other ceos
companies come and companies go
sure i like apple's products
There was a time in the 50s when GM/Ford products were the best
Now they aren't
but other companies came in and replaced them
so it is just an evolution
such is life
the next big thing will still be big... whether steve is around or not
and certain things will be a lot better without him - like a 2 button mouse
and we can get rid of some mediocre products like the appletv
Sure steve is probably gone forever
but that day is inevitable
it will come for warren buffet as well
and several other ceos
companies come and companies go
sure i like apple's products
There was a time in the 50s when GM/Ford products were the best
Now they aren't
but other companies came in and replaced them
so it is just an evolution
such is life
the next big thing will still be big... whether steve is around or not
and certain things will be a lot better without him - like a 2 button mouse
and we can get rid of some mediocre products like the appletv
You must have slept through some of your classes or you would know better. The five year survival rate for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas is around 5%. From what I read SJ had exocrine cancer, an insulinoma or possibly a gastrinoma. They are different and have a different prognosis.
I work with a wolunteer in our hospital who has "survived" pancreatic cancer. She is slim but healthy.
Interestingly, for the doubters out there, this woman spends at least one day a week praying with patients prior to going to surgery.
Dr B
General Surgeon/Anesthesiologist
Bloomberg News reporting BREAKING NEWS - Jobs is considering a Liver Transplant.
Also Reuters reporting Doctors think cancer is back
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50F68620090116
Also Reuters reporting Doctors think cancer is back
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50F68620090116
You have very strong opinions and are not afraid to defend them. I admire that.
That being said, the intensivist at Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, D.C. made a similar comment one day on rounds. After one of the residents suggested a very uncommon, very rare but possible diagnosis for a severely ill patient, the intensivist commented, "When you see a man in uniform riding a four legged animal in Central Park, it is a horse not a zebra." As it turns out with that particular patient, the uniformed man was riding a ZEBRA! The resident painted a picture of a policeman riding a zebra in Central Park and gave it to him. The intensivist hung that picture in his office to remind himself that sometimes patients do not read the textbook.
No, its just more medical speculation. I see nothing in that article that actually contains anything regarding what medical treatments Jobs is actually receiving.
From the article:
Bolding mine. Furthermore the only mention of the Liver was in mentioning if it were hypothetically infected - something that we do not know since it is only speculation which the artical clearly mentiones.
We need House on the case if these idiots want to replace or remove all of Jobs' organs....
Great reading...
Here I am on call for anesthesia in a small country hospital in northwestern North Dakota. The operating rooms and delivery suite are quiet so I'm just sitting here reading the MacRumors Forum and enjoying every minute of it.
Isn't it interesting that the doctors don't agree on what is going on! Doctors are human, SJ's doctors are treating a human, it isn't always easy. The Forum doctors, me included, have varying opinions because they haven't examined the patient, read his chart and looked at all the tests, XRays, MRIs, CT scans and whatever else is available to make a reasonable diagnosis and then decide what to do.
Don't any oncologists own Apple computers and read the Forums? It might help.
I am amazed at the number of people who actually read the Washington Post and believe them; same goes for listening to television news programs.
You guys believe the weathermen/women too?
Have a great weekend and keep writing. This is more entertaining and informative than the latest Anesthesiology Journal.
Dr B
Here I am on call for anesthesia in a small country hospital in northwestern North Dakota. The operating rooms and delivery suite are quiet so I'm just sitting here reading the MacRumors Forum and enjoying every minute of it.
Isn't it interesting that the doctors don't agree on what is going on! Doctors are human, SJ's doctors are treating a human, it isn't always easy. The Forum doctors, me included, have varying opinions because they haven't examined the patient, read his chart and looked at all the tests, XRays, MRIs, CT scans and whatever else is available to make a reasonable diagnosis and then decide what to do.
Don't any oncologists own Apple computers and read the Forums? It might help.
I am amazed at the number of people who actually read the Washington Post and believe them; same goes for listening to television news programs.
You guys believe the weathermen/women too?
Have a great weekend and keep writing. This is more entertaining and informative than the latest Anesthesiology Journal.
Dr B
here's the real article on Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDmh9xsKBMe4&refer=home
Which again only cites doctors who have not treated Jobs and are purely speculating.
The article does not quote anybody besides "people monitoring his illness" who could be anybody and merely quotes s Doctor who:
There has been no official word on this:
I conclude nothing but speculation. Until they reveal who these "People monitoring his illness" we can assume nothing medical.
ETA:
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/steve-jobs-to-bloomberg-leave-me-alone
These guys claim that Bloomberg is doing nothing more than speculating and saying:
Even yesterday they reported that Job's Pancreas is being removed. Jobs is outright telling them to leave him alone.
Speculation...
I agree. The doctor quoted has not examined SJ, doesn't have his medical information. It is speculation, it might be "educated" speculation but at best is speculation.
There is not one physician listed as authors on that piece.
I have done Whipples. If the cancer hadspread beyond his pancreas, one might still do the operation not as a curative procedure but as a palliative one. Patients whose pancreatic tumor has spread to local surrounding tissues and organs have severe metablolic and digestive problems not to mention pain. I have done a palliative Whipple to improve the quality of life for the patient. The patient did not live long, certainly not five years.
When the head of the pancreas is removed it is impossible for the bile from the liver to get into the small intestine, the duct system goes through the head of the pancreas. The duodenum, gall bladder and antrum of the stomach are removed also. Therefore, reconstruction of the biliary system and intestinal tract is required.
I have no idea what is wrong with him.
I don't have any desire to speculate.
It is interesting to read the comments of contributors to the Forum but unfortunately they are uninformed.
Dr B
I agree. The doctor quoted has not examined SJ, doesn't have his medical information. It is speculation, it might be "educated" speculation but at best is speculation.
There is not one physician listed as authors on that piece.
I have done Whipples. If the cancer hadspread beyond his pancreas, one might still do the operation not as a curative procedure but as a palliative one. Patients whose pancreatic tumor has spread to local surrounding tissues and organs have severe metablolic and digestive problems not to mention pain. I have done a palliative Whipple to improve the quality of life for the patient. The patient did not live long, certainly not five years.
When the head of the pancreas is removed it is impossible for the bile from the liver to get into the small intestine, the duct system goes through the head of the pancreas. The duodenum, gall bladder and antrum of the stomach are removed also. Therefore, reconstruction of the biliary system and intestinal tract is required.
I have no idea what is wrong with him.
I don't have any desire to speculate.
It is interesting to read the comments of contributors to the Forum but unfortunately they are uninformed.
Dr B