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Steve Jobs Undergoes Cancer Surgery
Zycom writes "Reuters reports that doctors successfully removed a cancerous tumor from the pancreas of Apple CEO Steve Jobs. In an e-mail he sent out from his hospital bed after the surgery he explained the disease, saying, "I had a very rare form of pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor, which represents about 1 percent of the total cases of pancreatic cancer diagnosed each year, and can be cured by surgical removal if diagnosed in time (mine was)." He will not need to have any chemotherapy or radiation therapy and has an excellent prognosis. While he is recuperating, Tim Cook, head of worldwide sales and operations, will run the company."
Cheers!
Erick
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Congratulations, Steve jobs! Huzzah! LiveSTRONG!
"...all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness..." yada yada
To keep the "funny" posts away.
...I don't think I'd be able to resist the temptation to say "By the way, I'm a hardcore Windows fan" right as he went under anesthesia. Then tell him the truth when he came back around.
I guess too much RDF causes cancer....
was the operation covered under Applecare?
EGG, the Electronic Gamers Guild
You mean he's not immortal!?
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Reuters reports that doctors successfully removed a cancerous tumor from the pancreas of Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
They called it Microsoft.
Yeah, yeah, cancer isn't funny. But karma whoring overcomes all.
While he is recuperating, Tim Cook, head of worldwide sales and operations, will run the company.
Am I the only one who read the word "run" as "ruin" on first read?
This is a good time to reflect on our own mortality.
..eh who cares. I JUST WANNA PLAY DOOM 3.
For all the whining, posing, Microsoft/Apple/Linux bashing we do; for all the work related stress we put up with and all the missed opportunities to spend time with loved ones; we only have a limited time on Earth.
The most important thing is....
And get well Steve. Take the time off to think about how great a colour iPod with bluetooth would be.
cheers,
Justin.
"My cat's breath smells like cat food." - The Tao of Ralph Wiggum.
I find it interesting the way it was all handled, outside of stock trading hours.
I wonder if his doctor had a dark enough sense of humor to say something like,
"Well, we got your test results back. Your liver is fine, your heart is great, and your pulmonary health is excellent.
Oh, and one more thing..."
Great to hear he'll be fine.
"It is our blasphemy which has made us great, and will sustain us, and which the gods secretly admire in us." - Zelazny
An apple a day keeps the cancer away.....oh....guess not.
Get well soon steve
Thus dispelling rumors circulating for days (on MacOSRumors et al) that Steve was:
....and of course, various other unsubstantiated rumors not worth mentioning (everyone figured out the bionic legs were bogus right away).
Please help metamoderate.
Jobs should have had these folks work on his pancreas, he would have saved a bundle!
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I wish Steve all the best, but I had to laugh at this line at the end of his letter:
PS: I'm sending this from my hospital bed using my 17-inch PowerBook and an Airport Express.
That's our Steve, always promoting his products!
Of course that doesn't mean they're not great, and he doesn't have every right to do so, because they is and he does. But somehow I had to laugh, perhaps at his resiliance more than anything else. Life goes on, right?
D
PS: I'm sending this from my hospital bed using my 17-inch PowerBook and an Airport Express.
dude's in the hospital and still manages a plug. bravo, mate.
Jobs' Unreplaceable Pancreas Lasts Only 588 Months!!
I regularly report MSN spam to the Hotmail admins.
Damn. It blue screened AGAIN?
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Then where would Microsoft pull its software from?
"I think it would be a good idea" Gandhi, on Western Civilisation
Live your life as if you are going to be dead tomorrow.
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Okay that makes sense. Here is my plan for every day of the rest of my life:
7am: wake up, eat an enormous breakfast
8am - midday: make funeral arrangements
afternoon: give away my cds, computer etc.
night: go look at the stars, or something
7am: wake up, eat an enormous breakfast
8am - midday: make funeral arrangements
afternoon: give away my cds, computer etc.
night: go look at the stars, or something
7am: wake up, eat an enormous breakfast
8am - midday: make funeral arrangements
afternoon: give away my cds, computer etc.
night: go look at the stars, or something
7am: wake up, eat an enormous breakfast
8am - midday: make funeral arrangements
afternoon: give away my cds, computer etc.
night: go look at the stars, or something
7am: wake up, eat an enormous breakfast
8am - midday: make funeral arrangements
afternoon: give away my cds, computer etc.
night: go look at the stars, or something
7am: wake up, eat an enormous breakfast
8am - midday: make funeral arrangements
afternoon: give away my cds, computer etc.
night: go look at the stars, or something
So how many times do you think Steve is going to be checking in on Tim? I say he gets about 5-10 calls per day, then of course Steve will show up for un-announced visits.
I certainly hope there is not a single slip-up when Steve is gone, otherwise Tim is out the door in September.
Best wishes for luck and a speedy recovery.