Comments on: Apple: 'Steve Jobs is back to work'

By: Steve, Houston, TX

Steve, Houston, TX — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:01:42 +0000

In response to "It would also be nice if Jobs donated some of his enormous wealth to cancer research, but that seems unlikely.", cancer research is a bit of a big business, one that ignores natural protocols proven to overcome cancer. In this regard, I think most of the public is naive. My 85 yr old Mom had a stage III bladder tumor last year, and one 0.5 cm tumor was detected on the lung. After 6 weeks of radiation and chemo, the bladder tumor had shrunk and was basically dead, but it spread further to the lungs, now with four tumors each 1.5cm. The doctor suggested another CAT scan in one month and then maybe consider a stronger chemo as it was obvious where this was heading. We gave four capsules of Earth's Aloe four times daily, plus one tablet of broccoli sprout tablets four times daily (contains sulforaphane, a proven cancer eraser). The followup scan showed no lung tumors.

Unfortunately, the light chemo that she initially received damaged the remaining kidney such that blood transfusions were needed until the doctors finally determined that it was necessary to receive erythiopoetin (probably misspelled) injections every two weeks to send the hormonal signal which should come from the kidney and goes to the bone marrow to instruct it to make more blood. That shot costs $3,700 (although after Medicare it is about $300). Most chemo patients need that. You can see the big pharmaceutical influence. The chemo did not cure her cancer; the natural products did. Chemo obliterates the immune system, but exactly the opposite is needed. Eventually the dampened immune system and impaired kidney gave way to infections and she expired this past June. I regret that we did not pick up on some of the early symptoms and provide supplementation for the kidney and immune system at that time. Interested readers will find some eye opening information and good nutritional health ideas at http://www.naturalnews.com.

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By: Ciccio, Mexico City

Ciccio, Mexico City — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:13:48 +0000

I´m glad Steve is back. I don´t care about the stock price, or the state of the company, or future products. I like the guy a lot and I hope he is O.K. and enjoys a healthy life for many years to come.

By: Anonymous, Cupertino, Ca

Anonymous, Cupertino, Ca — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:29:37 +0000

@fan, victoria, bc: Well, I guess, then, that he doesn't have a terminal illness. House is never wrong.

By: AK, Ottawa, ON

AK, Ottawa, ON — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:28:04 +0000

Now Steve has a different agenda:

Making sure Apple remains a dominant force for decades after his retirement.

And I'm pretty sure Apple moved 6 months ago to its transition mode.

By: mark, boston, ma

mark, boston, ma — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:18:23 +0000

@M: Six months ago, Apple was provided medical information by Jobs and it made the call that a six-month leave of absence was the real material effect. Apple could've told us about the liver transplant and laid out the odds and risks that he might return early, late, or never, but they decided not to because that was just odds and not a material effect.

The material effect today is that Jobs is back, just like they forecasted (as the most likely option). And again, there is no need to give us odds that he will be gone tomorrow, or next week, or next month. If medical information arrives such that there will be a material effect, Apple will tell us, just like they did six months ago.

As for donations, how do you know that he has or hasn't? Unlike Gates and Buffett, not all big-time contributors have to stroke their ego by trumpeting their good works and gain accolades from men.

By: fan, victoria, bc

fan, victoria, bc — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:49:21 +0000

If watching all 4 seasons of House over the weekend has taught me anithing, it's that you don't get approved to have a transplant if you have a terminal illness like cancer.

By: Vap, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Vap, Winston-Salem, North Carolina — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:32:11 +0000

6/29/09

At Least Steve is back at work; he could have been looking for a job for thirty four or more years while retarded people got hired or he could have been told that if he worked, that negative things could happen to his family or he could be in the present situation in which authority figures are using his family as baraining chips to negotiate a FORCED degrading life and lifestyle and he could have been in a position so that to mention the situation to anyone made him look stupid. So Steve is working; which is a good thing; at least the above hasn't happen. Does anyone know Bill Richardson or Justin Martin; please tell them I would appreciate their helping me to negotiate the ramson for my life and my family life. Don't really know why I am having to negotiate. This is NOT a joke; normal channels of communication are constantly interferred with.(vapzzzz@att.net)

By: Sacto Joe, Sacramento, CA

Sacto Joe, Sacramento, CA — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:30:23 +0000

So, out of curiosity, M, how many shares of Apple do you presently own? I would guess ZERO.

I own several hundred shares, and not only am I unconcerned about Steve Jobs' health, I'm convinced that it's NONE OF MY BUSINESS!

Happy to have you back, Steve. Hope you're rested and fit, and have many decades in front of you of great health!

By: M

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:50:17 +0000

Of course, Apple is leaving its shareholders in the dark, as it tends to do. It didn't even disclose he had a liver transplant (until it was uncovered by others). We don't know if Jobs' cancer had spread to his liver, which of course would be bad news. It's not so much the surgeries that are at issue, it's whether his cancer has come back or will come back that's important.

It would also be nice if Jobs donated some of his enormous wealth to cancer research, but that seems unlikely.