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- dbldn, on 01/05/2009, -0/+41Good luck and get better soon Steve!
- kelly, on 01/05/2009, -2/+23Ok... let's all say it together.
"F U GIZMODO AND YOU'R "RELIABLE" SOURCES." - timusca, on 01/05/2009, -0/+14"So now I've said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this."
Basically, please STFU. - blix01, on 01/05/2009, -0/+11what hormone imbalance would cause this? does anyone know the likely diagnosis?
- herbstblatt, on 01/05/2009, -0/+7The letter really touched my heart. It shows once again how valuable Jobs for the company is.
- zombiecarlin, on 01/05/2009, -3/+11I blame the 'Third-Hand' Smoke.
- laibixi, on 01/05/2009, -1/+8Get well soon!
- Mizzike, on 01/05/2009, -0/+7I must wonder... did you post that simply to get diggs? It takes the same level of effort to click through to the story (the ACTUAL Apple web site, believe it or not--not some gizmodo story) as it does to digg you up. Actually, it takes more effort to digg you up because first we have to read through the comments to find your copy/paste.
So that's why I dugg you down, I guess is all I'm really trying to say. The digg story links to the actual Apple web site for a change... it's worth clicking through to. Sorry if I sound like an ass. Just sayin. - Perfectsound, on 01/05/2009, -0/+6Hopefully this will quiet down the rumor mongering for some time now. Get well soon.
- gilesvg, on 01/05/2009, -0/+4That's really not true.
- KibibyteBrain, on 01/05/2009, -0/+4Well, we all know that a low end low bandwidth host like apple.com is prone to the digg effect. /sarcasm
- keozen, on 01/05/2009, -7/+11Full letter (for those of you who never get as far as clicking on the article):
January 5, 2009
Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs
Dear Apple Community,
For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.
Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.
I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.
As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.
Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause—a hormone imbalance that has been “robbing” me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.
The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery.
I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first.
So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.
Steve - alphabetagaga, on 01/05/2009, -1/+5I shall start the conspiracy theories anew with this...when we next see Jobs in public, he will be massively bloated as a result of massive steroid treatment to offset this weight loss. He will approach Incredible Hulk-like body scale, and when he is making his presentation on Snow Leopard and hears snickering over some kind of large cat joke, he will proceed to smash up the stage and massacre the audience.
You heard it here first folks. - chrismusaf, on 01/05/2009, -0/+2go away.
- chrismusaf, on 01/05/2009, -0/+3That's the same thing he said on stage when he gave his blood pressure. So basically, it's STFU until I'm ready to maybe tell you something more.
- boffy, on 01/05/2009, -1/+4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenal_insufficiency
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyrotoxicosis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes
They would be my top three based on his description.
I'm suspicious why he was so vague. Why not give a specific diagnosis? Diabetes involves the pancreas which would make sense for him to be reluctant to mention. Thyrotoxicosis fits the symptoms best I think. - alphabetagaga, on 01/05/2009, -0/+1Oh hai ther troll!
- KibibyteBrain, on 01/05/2009, -0/+2But its really not good news. He shouldn't have had to respond to rumors about his death when really all he had was a nutritional problem. The media should be ashamed of itself.
- jwikidude, on 01/05/2009, -0/+2Seconded.
- Ahlto, on 01/05/2009, -0/+2Get well soon!
- dolson, on 01/05/2009, -0/+2As part of my new year's resolution, I'd like to know as well.
- darthdallas, on 01/05/2009, -0/+1where is my Gordon rant now when I need one...
- dmackdaddy, on 01/05/2009, -1/+2I can't believe that it took his DR's this long to find that out. I mean I am sure he has the best, right?!
- fixthecomments, on 01/05/2009, -3/+4I vote everyone STFU about him for a bit now. Let him get well. And if he doesn't, well that's ***** terrible news whether you like Apple or not. He's a human, and he's progressed personal computing which we all benefit from.
- breakaway11, on 07/15/2009, -0/+1I would think they'd have something else better to talk about than his weight loss.
http://www.lose30inthirty.com - Muler36, on 01/05/2009, -2/+3im going to take a wild guess here, but i think the reason why he didn't give a specific diagnosis is because its NON of our business.
- Eschguy, on 01/05/2009, -0/+1I was curious about that too. Though I guess it is kind of personal and it was good of him to at least let us know, however vague it was.
- JohnnySoftware, on 01/11/2009, -0/+1I am not sure why Wall Street analysts have been hammering away at Apple over Steve Job's weight loss.
It's not like fatness or skinniness played any kind of a role in the dump their own industry - their employer and the subject of their writing - just took on our whole economy. If it did, I overlooked any astutely auguring analyst's articles of angst on that subject.
By contrast, Apple has made a great deal of money for quite a few years in a row and is continuing to do so.
My first thought when I read a Wall Street analyst's article where you can all but see him wringing his hands over the jeopardy a company is in is, "so his firm is buying that stock right now, right?". And when they start talking about how great a stock is, I'm already asking myself, "so they already bought this company's stock and now they want to sell it at the highest possible price?".
That said, it sounds like the pandemonium the analyst's raised over the head of Apple's precipitous weight loss in 2008 motivated him and his doctors to put their heads together and find the cause.
It probably did not help investors that analysts they look toward for advice apparently incorrectly linked the weight problem directly to cancer, no doubt hyping a sell off of Apple stock by average Joes. An act I am sure that said analysts' firms were only too happy to take up the slack on and are now sitting on some handily obtained profits thanks to the fear they inspired.
Looks like we know what is on the agenda for 2009. Apple will continue to make great products. And Wall Street will - well, keep doing what it has been doing. - jwikidude, on 01/05/2009, -0/+1NONE*
Yeah, I agree with Muler, as he finished his letter: "This is more then I wanted to say", and you're asking for more? - DillingerSmooth, on 01/05/2009, -0/+1The world is a better place with Steve Jobs in it. Get well soon!
- inactive, on 01/05/2009, -0/+1Well, I'm not aware of a hormone imbalace that 'robs the body of proteins'... it doesn't really make much sense to me, but It's obviously more complicated than that, and i'm not a doctor...
If it's a 'hormone imbalance', it's likely a problem with the thyroid,
and if the condition is actually robbing the body of proteins... sounds like cancer, or AIDS to me. - Ahlto, on 01/05/2009, -1/+1Yeah, but he must be really tired of all this "flurry of rumors" by now.
- cjmike, on 01/05/2009, -0/+0Being that he had a pancreatic tumor in the past, my guess is that he has hyperglucagonemia. The pancreatic alpha cells produce glucagon and perhaps his cancer is related?
Pancreatic cancer is often fatal and hard to get rid of completely, especially if not caught early. He wants family time, he's leaving apple, he wants to enjoy LIFE before there isnt much left is my guess... I say he should enjoy! - cjmike, on 01/05/2009, -0/+0Those would all be relatively easily diagnosed and they dont completely fit.
Thyrotoxicosis (Hyperthyroid) would show easily on testing for most causes. The increased thryroid hormones could cause the skinniness! If it was that significant onset (it was pretty decently fast!) then perhaps he would have a goiter?
Adrenal Insuff would have decent amount of other problems as well, so I would think they would be seen also.
Being that he had a pancreatic tumor in the past, my guess is that he has hyperglucagonemia. The pancreatic alpha cells produce glucagon and perhaps his cancer is related?
Pancreatic cancer is often fatal and hard to get rid of completely, especially if not caught early. He wants family time, he's leaving apple, he wants to enjoy LIFE before there isnt much left is my guess... I say he should enjoy! - tigerbot779, on 01/05/2009, -1/+0It's weird to me to think about Steve Jobs being human, I always thought he was immune to disease.
- morphie, on 01/05/2009, -3/+2I would summarize this as "While Apple may be secretive about our products, we won't be secretive about it, if and when Steve decides to stop as the CEO of Apple inc." .
- kurupttek, on 01/05/2009, -5/+3Who is Steve Jobs?
- mobilehavoc, on 01/05/2009, -5/+1The next letter will be announcing his retirement from Apple CEO...
- matsbs, on 05/19/2009, -9/+3Good news to get before Macworld!
- apuratepp, on 01/05/2009, -9/+1The Web is great, now we all know the truth from him with a simple HTML page.
- zosoIV, on 01/05/2009, -12/+1Please die. You don't know what you're talking about.
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