Apple CEO Jobs' Life Not In Danger

New York Times:

"No one wants to die," said Apple's chief executive, Steven P. Jobs. "And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it."

It was a little over three years ago that Mr. Jobs spoke those existential words, in a commencement address at Stanford. His thoughts about death came during a portion of his speech in which he publicly discussed -- for the one and only time, so far as I can tell -- his brush with pancreatic cancer.

He talked about how he had learned in 2004 that he had a tumor on his pancreas. How his doctors told him that he shouldn't expect to live more than six months. How, after "living with that diagnosis all day," he had a biopsy that showed that his was a rare form of pancreatic cancer, curable with surgery. "I had the surgery and I'm fine now," Mr. Jobs told the Stanford graduates. He added, "Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose."

It was an uplifting tale, and an inspiring message. It was also less than the whole truth. In fact, Mr. Jobs first discovered he had an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor -- which is both rarer and less deadly than other forms of pancreatic cancer -- in October 2003. This was a full nine months before he had the surgery to remove it. Why did he wait so long? Because, according to a Fortune magazine article published in May, Mr. Jobs was hoping to beat the cancer with a special diet.

Read the whole story: New York Times

Comments

[editor]

Didn't they take out a portion of his digestive system; so that he is much more apt to lose weight?

[Dunedad]

This story is not about fanboys, but about stock manipulation.
AAPL stock is highly manipulated, varying up and down by much larger amounts than other stocks, and the cancer story is FUD that the "short sellers" use to drive the price down. Many "reporters" in the financial media are involved with these hedge fund manipulations and are a curse to the honest investor. If you read Nocera's story, you find that he talks about CANCER, and Jobs, and CANCER, and DEATH and Jobs has had CANCER, and the public doesn't realize that his CANCER was a nonlethal kind, and his CANCER might be back, and Jobs and Apple are liars about whether or not Jobs has CANCER, and then only at the very end of the piece does he report that Jobs called him and told him that he does not have CANCER, and is not dying, but Nocera thinks the story must be that Apple isn't telling us enough, even though Jobs just told him that he does not have CANCER.
He is just spreading FUD to drive the stock down. His buddies make millions on this type of scheme.
Read "Deep Capture" by Patrick Byrne http://www.deepcapture.com/ to get the story of how financial reporters are in bed with hedge funds.

[Harrier]

From the Pic, Jobs appears to be dying

[Sundialsvc4]

Let's just let Steve Jobs "live." (And he seems to be doing that quite well, thank you.)

"It is appointed unto men once to die," but gosh, between this day and that one, isn't the sun beautiful outside? Isn't the air sweet? Isn't my company making lots of money for a lot of folks?

Yeah... let's embrace the attitude that Steve Jobs is embracing in his own life, even in the face of whatever he is facing. The only difference between him and any of us is that he may actually be able to see the end of his road coming up somewhere in the distance. But isn't the sun beautiful outside? Isn't the air sweet?

[Erdgeist]

Here is a very early picture of Steve and the Woz together. Steve is quite thin. Thin is his normal body type.

http://www.woz.org/images/woz_jobs.jpg

[StephenJK]

Yes, he's back to being the pencil necked geek he's always been.

[trebledamages]

Didn't George Harrison die shortly after he put out a PR release stating "I feel fine." which was published shortly after one of the grocery store tabloids reported that he didn't have long to live? The fact that Steve Jobs PR people decided to contact the New York Times to set the record straight seems immediately after the recent reports about his alleged poor health strikingly similar, and, thus makes me a little wary. Honestly, I don' t wish ill will on anyone, but everyone has to die and, in my opinion, I don't think Mr. Jobs is in as good as health as he would like us and his company's shareholders to believe. Pancreatic cancer is serious and I wouldn't be surprised if it the cancer returned.

[Stokes]

Sorry, posted in the wrong place.

[Stokes]

(sent to Huff-Post July 18, 2007 inspired to write March 18, l995)
The Wall Street moguls will have their reign for a time, but fear not , they have satiated their greedy appetites far into the realm of human suffering. So like the leaders of Naziism and Fascism , they too, shall be destroyed. Prayer petitions to the Almighty Heavenly Father is the only weapon which will destroy this evil which is transversing across the Globe.
(written April 4, 1986)
The President has beset this country with a plague of exasperating, useless spending. None of which , the monies robbed from the working man can make peace or force peace. For there can be no peace in the world, only the inner peace within each of God's creatures who have invited the Peace of God to flow into them through Jesus Christ, the Word.

[Stokes]

So very sorry, I meant to post on Deregulation Out of Style.

[mergina]

Information like this should NEVER be released without the approval of the patient. Hang in there Mr. Jobs...us avid apple fans would like to see you stick around a while longer.

[ohnoyoudidnot!]

Personal privacy is so endangered - maybe even past the point of no return. We need a president that understands that his job is to protect the Constitution.

Obama '08

[OilWarsDotCom]

Yea - when Obama cancels all of bush's signing statements and does away with the so called patriot act, I'll believe you. You folks believe Obama is a god. Well you will soon find out in 2009 - The Constitution is basically gone and NO president Obama won't restore it because it would restrain the power of the president.

[CaptainHowdy]

Yep, a lot of people are gonna be real disappointed. Of course they will make every excuse in the world for him, the same way the wingnuts do with Bush.

[sb250guy]

What's your point? OK, so let's say Obama doesn't turn out to be the greatest human to ever have lived. Why is the bar so high anyway? I mean seriously, shall we go with grampa McCain? Would that be better? I think not. I do expect Obama to begin the job of reversing the damage done by Bush. I am realistic though. It will be a big job and it will take a long time. As the landscape looks right now, Obama is the best hope we've got to get things started. Stop hyperventilating and get real!

[6WaysToSunday]

No sir/madam. I don't believe Obama is a god. But I do think it is more likely that Obama will govern like a rational, humane, Constitutional and inspirational leader who does not 100% of the time put his interests and those of the rich ahead of the country's and world's best interests.