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Jan 05, 09 - 09:49 am Comment from: occams razor

Hey, good news

Once and for all…

I can dream, can't I?

Jan 05, 09 - 09:50 am Comment from: justme2

Likely a thyroid issue -- might be related to Steve's vegetarianism if he's not getting needed nutrients from other sources (I think he does eat fish, so he's not vegan). I should be so lucky on the weight loss thing (haven't dared to get on the scale post-vacation).

Nothing to see here folks, move along...

Jan 05, 09 - 09:52 am Comment from: MCCFR

It is indeed a pity that the man cannot be allowed the right to a private medical history without the greedy and the unprincipled trying to make capital from it.

But he's said what everyone wanted so maybe they'll finally get off his case.

Jan 05, 09 - 09:52 am Comment from: justme2

As for Phil doing the keynote, maybe Steve just wants to make sure there's someone who CAN step up to the plate if something happens -- you ever drive Silicon Valley traffic? Accidents can and do happen...

Jan 05, 09 - 09:53 am Comment from: Yours Smugly

Thanks for clearing things up, Steve. Have a speedy recovery and a great year 2009!

Jan 05, 09 - 09:56 am Comment from: Jamie

Get Well Soon Steve, from Jamie and the family. X

Steve Ballmer has just announced he too has got a hormone imbalance.

And so, everything that the reasonable members of the community have been stating for the past several months have been reinforced in concrete by Jobs himself. People really should leave the man alone, but this even further shows how truly selfless Jobs is in the face of damage to Apple. I applaud him, and his dedication to the company and the Mac Community.
Get well soon, Steve. .
In the mean time, good luck Phil!

Jan 05, 09 - 10:02 am Comment from: TowerTone

Great, got that off the table.
Now we can move along......

I also am assuming that it is thyroid disease, probably hyperthyroidism. If so, it is easily treated. In fact, he will probably now have to work very hard to keep weight off after treatment.

It has nothing at all to do with vegetarianism.

Jan 05, 09 - 10:08 am Comment from: HotinPlaya

I didn't know he was a vegetarian !

If he doesn't eat meat, make him lamb "Big fat Greek Wedding"

I'm riding with you, Steve. Can't wait to see you after you get better.

I'm sure this can be cleared up, health wise, and in between now and then, good luck Apple!

I am delighted to hear from both Apple and Steve Jobs concerning his frail appearance. I wish Steve a long and prosperous life and apple a long and successful life. The rumors that have been spread by people who have an axe to grind with Apple have been hurting the company and lowering it stock prices. This might be deliberate to drive down prices so that the people spreading the rumors may take advantage of lower stock prices with the eye to selling when the stock rebounds. Buy low, sell high.

Steve Jobs is the CEO of a publicly traded corporation. As such, the status of his health is a concern, not just to his family, but to the corporation as well as his stockholders and those who use apple products both professional and recreationally. Steve J. and Steve B. and Bill G. and the Wiz are all the same app age, all born in the mid 50s.

i trust the death watchers will shut-up now.
get well mr apple.

Can't wait until the rumours start and the share prices drop because Jobs is too fat! I can hear it now:

"He's obviously skimming off the profits and eating it up at a rate that will totally annihilate Apple's cash reserves. Jobs will be dead within months if he doesn't stop. Why won't Jobs comment on his Oprah-esque weight gain?!"

All the Best, Steve! Get Well Soon,
NB

Gizmodo can rot.

Wish you all the best Steve.

It's a sad day when anyone can be bullied into having to explain their health to the world.

Hellooooo!
"Where Apple News Comes After it is already on CNN, MSNBC and every other blog!"

More attention to Apple News than Ads, please!

And Steve best of luck and a speedy recovery....But...

Someone get that guy prime steak (Rib Eye) and a baked potato!

The world (computing and more) is depending on him!

OK Let me have it! Bring It On!
in 3,2,1......

Jan 05, 09 - 10:30 am Comment from: iWill

We love you Steve.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Be well. . .

Jan 05, 09 - 10:35 am Comment from: 84 Mac Guy

With all due respect to my vegetarian friends, I think a few Carl Jr's a day would take care of the weight issue pretty quickly.

Alternatively, finally Jobs has a reason to seek Ballmer's advise. Hey Ballmer, how do you keep that fat ass so plump?

Steve, just eat a freakin' steak!

Jan 05, 09 - 10:38 am Comment from: BlackWolf

"Something has been "robbing" me body of protein"---Paraphrased Steve Jobs.

That something Steve is you. If your going to be a vegan, at least do it right. If you can't then have a slab-o-dead cow every couple weeks. It'll do ya good.

Simply put... Thanks, Steve,
We all needed to hear that. See you soon!
Keep kicking butts all over the planet!
Buy AAPL!
Ballmer needs Steve's problem for about two years. ha

"But he's said what everyone wanted so maybe they'll finally get off his case."

Wishful thinking. No doubt they will lay low and be quiet for a few weeks, maybe a few months, just as they were after the last time Apple set the record straight. But then they'll start again. Is Steve still healthy? He said he was back in January, but could he have been lying or downplaying it? Were his health issues really solved? Why does he still look thin? And so on.

It's far too profitable to certain unscrupulous stock raiders to give up so easily just because of some inconvenient thing called "the truth". Be prepared to see this rumour used to drop the stock price as long as it keeps working and idiots keep believing it.

I don't know if anyone realizes it, but this does seep beyond just the tech world. I've had people I know in real life, who aren't nerds, even mention having heard that Steve Jobs is sick/dying/etc. I always set them straight, but it worries me that the world seems to be believing the rumour mongers. Perhaps word of this will get around too, but unfortunately, denial letters tend to just make the public think the person has something to hide and that the opposite is true. It will just get played as "Steve Jobs denies health problems!" or "Steve jobs speaks regarding his health problems!" in headlines, which will only serve to convince people of the precise opposite.

Jan 05, 09 - 11:00 am Comment from: Jubei

Where is that list of morons who kept spouting junk about his pending doom???

Jan 05, 09 - 11:09 am Comment from: TowerTone

Final paragraph of introduction to Steve's open letter as submitted to Wall Street investors

"As we see below, Jobs pen is good for an upswing to an otherwise down and retracted mood in trading shares."

Jan 05, 09 - 11:10 am Comment from: British Mac Head

Those who say a person's health is a personal issue are totally correct. It should be. However, it's still great to know that Steve's weight loss is something that can be corrected through a change of diet etc.

I would like to wish Steve steady progress to an ideal target weight.

Happy New Year all of you and lets see how long it takes for the rest of us to lost the extra weight we put on over Christmas.

Jan 05, 09 - 11:14 am Comment from: rdbvideo

I vote for the occasional steak therapy.

People that have lived too long on the left coast get so caught up in their political correctness religion that they wind up hurting themselves and others.

Jan 05, 09 - 11:14 am Comment from: theloniousMac

Uh oh.

Another MDN fatwa has been issued.

It looks like we'll be seeing a lot more of Steve in future.

I wish him well.

Jan 05, 09 - 11:24 am Comment from: It's About Time

The hormonal imbalance seems to be a result of the Pancreatic problems that nearly did him in (pancreas/spleen are important for hormonal production and sugar assimilation).

While mainstream medical people are masters at stopping body processes, they're not so good when it comes to understanding cause/effect or knowing how to properly rebalance the human system - in that realm they're masters of "trial and error".

I find it strange Steve has access to multi-billions, yet struggles to find competent health practitioners who know what they're doing. Highly skilled practitioners are out there who do not conform to the mainstream medical model. Steve could save himself a lot of time by broadening his perspective a bit.

Your comments above are both insulting and highly inappropriate. You are a rude and insensitive little man.

If you ever look in the mirror and wonder why your life was not a success, look back at what you wrote above. Perhaps you will finally understand why a man like Steve Jobs is a winner, and you will always be a loser. And a bitter one at that.

Ok- So let's not all play doctor too.

Steve- Thanks for the statement- best of luck to you.
Just eat man- just eat.

The hormone imbalance he is speaking of may be that of testosterone.

Testosterone starts to decline NATURALLY in men at about age 40. As testosterone declines so to does muscle mass, which in most men leads to weight gain. Larger muscle mass means higher metabolism.

In Jobs' case, where he has had a resection it would mean just the opposite.

Testosterone also increases the body's natural ability to produce HGH, which rejuvenates organ tissue replacement.

I'm 62 and have been on Testosterone therapy for about 6 months. Without doing anything else I have gained muscle and lost weight (fat).

Severe weight loss, like you get with anorexics, can cause it's own problems. All organs suffer degradation. Here's hoping Steve ties on the feed bag before any organ failure.

One, Steve was NOT frail, he was thin. There's a big difference.

Two, Steve did try alternative medicine. It didn't work. He has some of the world's best practitioners at his disposal at nearby Stanford Medical Center.

New sign in Microsoft's executive dining room:
Cupertino start your copiers

MEN I.

If I were him I think I'd added the acronym STFU in there somewhere

He's a pescetarian.

Here's the deal:

"Carcinoma of the pancreas can be treated in several different ways. If possible, the doctor will recommend surgery to remove the tumor. In most cases, the type of operation performed is known as a Whipple Operation. This surgery removes a large part of the pancreas, the duodenum and a portion of the bile duct. The patient may develop diabetes mellitus and need to take insulin. Often patients will need to take pancreatic enzyme supplements to prevent fat and protein malabsorbtion which leads to diarrhea, steillarrhea and weight loss."

http://www.pancreasfoundation.org/

More than you ever wanted to know.

Happy, Happy, Happy New Year Steve and family and Apple family! Bestest wishes for your speedy recovery!

Jan 05, 09 - 12:14 pm Comment from: ericdano

If he had gone and seen Dr. House to begin with.........

Come on Steve!

Jan 05, 09 - 12:18 pm Comment from: Derek in Milan

Thats just great news!
Best wishes Steve, (although I doubt you read this site) and Happy New Year.

Good news, but probably it won't fix anything. On this very thread there are already groups of idiots saying that all the nonsense they were previously spewing about his health was justified. On this very thread we have more idiots telling Steve to "go eat a hamburger" or some such.

Moral: Idiots abound, conspiracy theories rule, and there is no way short of dying to get these idiots off of Steve Jobs' back.

This is probably why he's stepping back *despite* his apparently not-so-ill health. He's tired of the idiots and a very private person by all accounts.

Jan 05, 09 - 12:27 pm Comment from: Crabs

Would've been so cool if he started his open letter off:

"The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated."

10 points to whoever actually gets that reference.

Jan 05, 09 - 12:39 pm Comment from: MacRaven

How come no one asks:

Why is Steve Ballmer is so bloated and sweaty? Is he going to have a heart attack and drop dead in the middle of his next Monkey Dance?

Get well, be well, stay well, Mr. Jobs. I understand your uneasiness in writing that letter, and I certainly didn't require any, but I'm relieved nonetheless by your effort. I thank you. Godspeed.

Jan 05, 09 - 01:01 pm Comment from: Cubert

Well as a physician, I am trying to figure out what this could possibly be. It can't be as simple as pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy.