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Wednesday, August 4. 2004
Jobs thanks God for his curable cancer
Sure Steve Jobs is the kind of fellow to either inspire or increase ire in people, but I cant help but like him. We have both been active in IT for some time now.So it was something of a shock to me and others when we read of his pancreatic cancer in recent days.
It seems all is going to be ok, as Jobsie wrote emails on his 17” powerbook from his hospital bed, announcing that his form of pancreatic cancer — an islet cell neuroendocrine tumour — is extremely rare and easily cured if diagnosed early.
This kind of cancer "represents about 1 per cent of the total cases of pancreatic cancer diagnosed each year, and can be cured by surgical removal if diagnosed in time," he wrote. His was, he added.
"I mention this because when one hears `pancreatic cancer,' one immediately encounters this far more common and deadly form, which, thank God, is not what I had."
As you might expect, Slashdot posted a story about the operation in no time at all, and in typical /. style, was followed by smart-alec geek comments.
But my own opinions are much more subdued: Thank God all seems to have gone well, and thank God that Jobsie Thanked God.
"I mention this because when one hears `pancreatic cancer,' one immediately encounters this far more common and deadly form, which, thank God, is not what I had."
As you might expect, Slashdot posted a story about the operation in no time at all, and in typical /. style, was followed by smart-alec geek comments.
But my own opinions are much more subdued: Thank God all seems to have gone well, and thank God that Jobsie Thanked God.
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