Steve Jobs snakker om helse

Spekulasjonene rundt Steve Jobs helse har økt i omfang og mange har den senere tiden hevdet at Steve Jobs er alvorlig syk. Dette har fått Apples sjef til å ta bladet fra munnen og han har publisert et åpent brev til alle kunder, aksjonærer og entusiaster som er bekymret for hans helse. En hormonubalanse skal være roten til Steve Jobs sin sykdom og legene hevder han blir frisk.

Ifølge Steve har hans beslutning om å ikke delta på årets Macworld Expo og la Phil Schiller ta over keynoten satt i gang nye rykter omkring hans helsetilstand. Dette har gjort det nødvendig for Steve Jobs å komme med et åpent brev som går i detalj omkring problemene med hans helse.

Steve Jobs sier at han i 2008 har vært syk og hatt store problemer med vekttap. Problemene skal etter mange legebesøk endelig være avklart og er ifølge Jobs et problem relatert til hormonubalanse. Problemet har medført at kroppen ikke har kunnet ta opp de stoffene den trenger, noe som igjen har medført et stort vekttap. Jobs er nå under behandling og sier selv han regner med å være "frisk" nærmere vår.

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Dear Apple Community,

For the first time in a decade, I’m getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.

Unfortunately, my decision to have Phil deliver the Macworld keynote set off another flurry of rumors about my health, with some even publishing stories of me on my deathbed.

I’ve decided to share something very personal with the Apple community so that we can all relax and enjoy the show tomorrow.

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 #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.

The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I’ve already begun treatment. But, just like I didn’t lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple’s CEO during my recovery.

I have given more than my all to Apple for the past 11 years now. I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer continue to fulfill my duties as Apple’s CEO. I hope the Apple community will support me in my recovery and know that I will always put what is best for Apple first.

So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say, about this.

Steve