Posted on 01/05/2009 11:47:55 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Apple founder Steve Jobs today denied rumours he was seriously ill and insisted he would be staying on as the company's chief executive.
There had been fears for the businessman's health after he appeared looking increasingly gaunt and then pulled out of making a keynote address this week.
But in an open letter, the 53-year-old insisted that rumours about his well-being were wide of the mark and that he is only suffering from a hormone imbalance.
He noted that his decision not to make an address at this week's Macworld exhibition in San Francisco had prompted 'stories of me on my deathbed'.
But he added: '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 No 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.'
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His hormones may be out of whack, but he's looking hotter than ever! |
The irony of this story is that if they could figure out how to use this “hormone imbalance” as a menas to produce weight loss it would become a multi-billion dollar money maker.
What sort of hormone imbalance would go this far undetected?
Poor guy. My wife is dealing with this now. Hideous problem...

what do you mean?
AIDS for 500 alex!
More like he knew and didn't want to disclose it or talk about it
My bet is this hormone problem is related to his pancreas problem of a few years back
hehe ...
i’ve got a hormone imbalance so can understand your wife’s plight. however, i didn’t know men could experience hormone imbalances. interesting. ;o)

I'll come back later.
Everyone I knew with pancreatic cancer lost tons of weight too.
And then, of course, they died. Even my friend who had very slow-growing cancer.
I thought my gynecomastia was bad until the hormone balance switched and I came down with lycanthropy.
My thought too.
Nebuchednezzar...is that you?
Hang on, you’ll be cured in 7 years...just look up to heaven!
RIIIIGGGHHHT
And if you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn I will sell you for a penny.
The sad but true reality is Jobs is in fact dying, you can tell by just looking at him. Sadly he is either delusional or both he and the company are so concerned about profit losses that they are lying to the public and their share holders in order to hide the truth.
Arafart had a mysterious illness too.
It’s aids
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