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billnye97
06-20-2009, 02:12 PM
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090620/ap_on_hi_te/us_apple_ceo_transplant_5

Apparently he was sicker then a lot of people thought but here's to hoping he is doing well.
TarekElsakka
06-20-2009, 05:44 PM
Hope he gets well very soon. Apple isn't the same without him!
Napoleon_PhoneApart
06-20-2009, 05:53 PM
Hope he gets well very soon. Apple isn't the same without him!

Why? Has Apple been sinking lately?
Londonrockz568
06-21-2009, 12:07 AM
The stocks take a dive when Steve's well being cant be accounted for. Investors are skittish that w/o steve the company will revert back to pre steve.
TarekElsakka
06-21-2009, 04:56 PM
Why? Has Apple been sinking lately?

Apple will not be the same without him, at least I guess so. Just like Microsoft isn't the same without Bill Gates.
Lincoln
06-21-2009, 09:41 PM
The stocks take a dive when Steve's well being cant be accounted for. Investors are skittish that w/o steve the company will revert back to pre steve.

Actually, my Apple stock has been doing very well over the past few months.

Just saying... sure, Steve has some influence on the stock, but it's not as if Apple or it's stock survives off of him. When he leaves the company, the stock will go down - no doubts there. But it will rebound, and Apple will continue to be the great company it is today.

That said, I do hope Steve is doing well and finishes his recovery speedily.
Londonrockz568
06-21-2009, 10:09 PM
I dont understand a liver transplant either way. I was always told the Liver is the only organ besides the skin that can regenerate itself 100%. Steve had pancreatic cancer before right?
iCafe
06-21-2009, 10:48 PM
I dont understand a liver transplant either way. I was always told the Liver is the only organ besides the skin that can regenerate itself 100%. Steve had pancreatic cancer before right?

It may have been a diseased liver, that calls for a hepatic transplantation
(Hey im in nursing school i have to use this info somewhere)
WetNsmelly
06-21-2009, 11:45 PM
that sucks, hope he gets better. my grandpa got a liver transplant, but died within a year after.
Londonrockz568
06-22-2009, 08:06 AM
that sucks, hope he gets better. my grandpa got a liver transplant, but died within a year after.

Time to sell those Apple stocks while you can get top dollar for them i guess.
Europa
06-22-2009, 09:52 AM
I dont understand a liver transplant either way. I was always told the Liver is the only organ besides the skin that can regenerate itself 100%. Steve had pancreatic cancer before right?
The liver can regenerate but if you have irreversible liver failure, a transplant will be necessary. An entire liver is not required as a small portion/lobe of healthy liver can function adequately. I've heard that he has a rare (untypical) form or pancreatic cancer (although I don't know for certain what he has). Pancreatic CA is almost always fatal. IIRC, approx 29,000 of the 30,000 diagnosed annually will be dead within 12 months of diagnosis. The only people that survive it are those that get diagnosed in the very early stages. Most people aren't that lucky (like my Grandma) because the early symptoms are very subtle and ambiguous. The pancreas is so closely connected to the surrounding structures, that is spreads very rapidly. When found early enough, they do a procedure called a Whipple, nick named "slice and dice" and basically slice of sections of everything nearby the pancreas to hopefully stop the cancer from spreading. Liver failure has multiple causes and can be directly related to the pancreatic cancer.