Tijekom vikenda Steve Jobs posjeti je bolnicu i legao na operacijski stol. Dijagnoza: rijetki rak pankreasa. Operacija uspjesno skoncala i Steve ce se odmarati tijekom kolovoza. Vjerojatno su neki vec i vidjeli tu vijest ...

* * *

Team,

I have some personal news that I need to share with you, and I wanted you to hear it directly from me. This weekend I underwent a successful surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from my pancreas. I had a very rare form of pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor, which represents about 1% of the total cases of pancreatic cancer diagnosed each year, and can be cured by surgical removal if diagnosed in time (mine was). I will not require any chemotherapy or radiation treatments.

The far more common form of pancreatic cancer is called adenocarcinoma, which is currently not curable and usually carries a life expectancy of around one year after diagnosis. I mention this because when one hears "pancreatic cancer" (or Googles it), one immediately encounters this far more common and deadly form, which, thank god, is not what I had.

I will be recuperating during the month of August, and expect to return to work in September. While I'm out, I've asked Tim Cook to be responsible for Apple's day to day operations, so we shouldn't miss a beat. I'm sure I'll be calling some of you way too much in August, and I look forward to seeing you in September.

Steve

PS: I'm sending this from my hospital bed using my 17-inch PowerBook and an Airport Express.

Dobio je gomilu iCarda sa željama za što brži oporavak . Svi su znatiželjni da li će se ipak pojaviti na keynotu pri prezentaciji novog iMaca.

Morao bi. A i ja racunam na to - sad vec svi neophodni u Parizu da "onaj nesretnik iz Italije" dolazi u Pariz... Koji ulog za VIP tretman

Ovaj put mora sve biti ok!