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Report: Steve Jobs Had Liver Transplant
CBS 2 CHICAGO ^ | 20 JUNE 2009 | CNET

Posted on 06/20/2009 9:14:34 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

Got It In Tennessee Two Months Ago, WSJ Says

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces a GPS feature on the new iPhone 3G as he delivers the keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Web Developers Conference June 9, 2008, in San Francisco.

Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple for the past six months, received a liver transplant in Tennessee two months ago, according to a report Friday in the Wall Street Journal.

Earlier this year, Apple's CEO was reported to be relocating from California to Tennessee, which has a shorter waiting list for patients seeking organs, the report noted. In January, after Jobs announced that he would step aside from his day-to-day duties for a six-month medical leave of absence, Bloomberg reported that Apple's CEO was considering a liver transplant. In a telephone interview at the time, Jobs refused to comment on his health status.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbs2chicago.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: apple; organtransplants; stevejobs
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1 posted on 06/20/2009 9:14:34 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Hepatitis?

Alcohol?


2 posted on 06/20/2009 9:15:57 AM PDT by Mr. K (physically unabel to proofreed (<---oops))
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Too bad. Great mind. He is in my prayers.

That said, methinks Monday might be a bad day for my Apple stock.


3 posted on 06/20/2009 9:16:03 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ein Volk, Ein Riech, Ein Ein.)
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To: Vermont Lt

If he had the transplant two months ago, it seems to be successful. If anything, it may help Apple stock.


4 posted on 06/20/2009 9:21:21 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: Mr. K
Hepatitis? Alcohol?

Toxicity to anti-cancer medications or metastasized cancer most likely.

5 posted on 06/20/2009 9:24:58 AM PDT by fso301
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The advantages of having money. Not everybody could buy a house and move to another state just to get on a shorter transpant list.


6 posted on 06/20/2009 9:26:31 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Wonder if Steve Jobs would be alive today if the Government ran health care...


7 posted on 06/20/2009 9:28:30 AM PDT by counterpunch (In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
Not everybody could buy a house and move to another state just to get on a shorter transpant list.

Actually, just about anyone could do that.

It's the new Steve Jobs wing of the hospital where he got his transplant that will open up in a few years that represents what the little guy typically can't do. :-)

8 posted on 06/20/2009 9:29:34 AM PDT by krb (Obama is a miserable failure.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Just think.....

When ObamaCare comes online, there will be enough livers, hearts, etc for EVERYONE!

Having someone else pay for things, solves everything.


9 posted on 06/20/2009 9:30:04 AM PDT by RangerM (Gotz-ta git me sum of them internets!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Wanted to get it in before ObamaCare took effect.

Otherwise that would've been another Jobs lost.

Heh, heh.

Morbid, I know, but I couldn't resist.

10 posted on 06/20/2009 9:33:10 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: fso301

That is horrible. I wish him well.


11 posted on 06/20/2009 9:33:48 AM PDT by Rance
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To: counterpunch
Wonder if Steve Jobs would be alive today if the Government ran health care...

He certainly would - there will be a medical system for the Brahmins and one for the for the rest of us untermensch.

12 posted on 06/20/2009 9:37:54 AM PDT by frithguild (Can I drill your head now?)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

GODSPEED


13 posted on 06/20/2009 9:42:43 AM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
Not everybody could buy a house and move to another state just to get on a shorter transpant list.

Why not? Furthermore, we don't know whether he ultimately received the transplant from a live donor.

14 posted on 06/20/2009 9:50:30 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Obama: A day without TOTUS is like a day without sunshine)
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To: RangerM
When ObamaCare comes online, there will be enough livers, hearts, etc for EVERYONE!

That will happen when we're able to quickly and practically clone organs from our own bodies using our own stem cells. It's a long way off already, and socialized medicine will push it even further off.
15 posted on 06/20/2009 9:56:25 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: RangerM

“Just think.....

When ObamaCare comes online, there will be enough livers, hearts, etc for EVERYONE!”

Lots of organs available if you belong to the party and don’t mind receiving organs from the political prisoners.


16 posted on 06/20/2009 9:58:18 AM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: SeaHawkFan

From my fingers to God’s eyes...: The stock has been fine for the past five years. It will be fine five years from now. The day to day price is secondary. I sincerely hope this guys makes it through. Huge transplants are horrible things to endure.


17 posted on 06/20/2009 10:13:17 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ein Volk, Ein Riech, Ein Ein.)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

It’s a national list and local medical transplant staffs determine who gets placed on the list. Psych profiles, life style, family support and medical compliance are important placement factors.

However, there is only one liver for every four people on the list. Once placed, the criteria for transplant is degree of sickness. The system may be gamed, but IMHO (having worked in liver transplant), many of the transplant profesionals are very concerned about ethics and fairness.


18 posted on 06/20/2009 10:31:20 AM PDT by neocon1984
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Thank god there's an app to check for liver failure.

19 posted on 06/20/2009 10:32:51 AM PDT by MAD-AS-HELL (Hope and Change. Rhetoric embraced by the Insane - Obama, The Chump in Charge)
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To: NautiNurse

Can we have your liver then?
Alright, you talked me in to it.

http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/astro/music/galaxy.mp3


20 posted on 06/20/2009 10:51:25 AM PDT by Clay Moore (Obama: A good example of why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
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