RadarOnline.com reports, “Steve Jobs – who is on another medical leave of absence from Apple, the company he co-founded and manages as its longtime CEO – is receiving treatment at a cancer clinic where Hollywood star Patrick Swayze was a patient in his final days.”
“RadarOnline.com has confirmed Jobs, 55, has been attending the Stanford Cancer Center in Palo Alto, California, where Swayze sought radical chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer before his death in September, 2009,” RadarOnline.com reports. “The skeletal-looking Apple boss was photographed outside the clinic in images set to be published in the next edition of The National Enquirer.”
Full article here.
The Daily Mail reports, “Apple founder Steve Jobs has lost an alarming amount of weight and is reportedly sicker than has been previously admitted. The National Enquirer claims that the man behind the iPod, iPhone and iPad is stricken with pancreatic cancer and may have just six weeks to live.”
“The new photos show Mr Jobs looking painfully frail and weak, with his jeans and dark top hanging loosely on his 6ft 2in, rail-thin body,” The Daily Mail reports. “Mr Jobs weight is said to have dropped from a pre-cancer 175lb to 130lb now, according to The National Enquirer. His thinning hair is a sign of the effects of the advanced chemotherapy usually used to treat the disease.”
MacDailyNews Take: Jobs has been extremely thin for years now and so has his hair.
The Daily Mail reports, “The photos, which were taken on February 8, showed Mr Jobs going for breakfast with his wife Laurene Powell before heading to the Stanford Cancer Centre in California. Dr Gabe Mirkin, a physician with 40 years’ experience, said: ‘He is terminal. What you are seeing is extreme muscle wasting from calorie depravation, most likely caused by cancer. He has no muscle left in his buttocks, which is the last place to go. He definitely appears to be in the terminal stages of his life from these photos. I would be surprised if he weighed more than 130lb.’ Critical care physician Dr Samuel Jacobson also told the Enquirer: ‘Judging from the photos, he is close to terminal. I would say he has six weeks.'”
MacDailyNews Take: To us, Jobs looks the same as he did last year and, for that matter, the year before that:
The Daily Mail reports, “The Apple CEO, who is worth $6 billion, is putting up an amazingly brave battle and even did a full day’s work on February 7, the day before he went to the Cancer Centre. He is determined to continue with plans to build a new $8 million home after finally winning permission to demolish his home in Woodside, California, following a ten-year battle with preservationists.”
Read more in the full article here.
Leander Kahney reports for Cult of Mac, “Apple’s stock is taking a hit on fresh rumors that Steve Jobs has only a few weeks to live. Apple stock is currently down about three points in after-hours trading. It’s likely to take a big hit tomorrow when the markets reopen. The stock dropped a few points last week on rumors that Jobs was in hospital.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Getting “doctors” who have likely never even set eyes on the actual Steve Jobs to peruse grainy photos of him and proclaim diagnoses is ridiculous and rather deplorable.
As always, regardless of the veracity of these recent reports, our thoughts an prayers are with Mr. Jobs. Get well soon!
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers too numerous to mention individually for the heads up.]
So much for privacy. Wish you well Steve!
You know, many cancer survivors continue to receive periodic (ongoing) “cancer treatment” to reduce the chance of recurrence.
Our praiers with this exceptional man to get well.
May Steve Jobs get well soon! We don’t want Apple without Steve! God Bless.
I wish they would leave him alone and respect his privacy. Regardless of his condition, I hope he recovers swiftly.
Get well, Steve! Don’t let the ‘tards get you down
Dr. Mirkin specializes in 4 areas: Sports Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Pediatrics and Pediatric Immunology.
Seems to be a top immunologist.
Dr Samuel Jacobson, is a pulmonologist.
I’m sure they are both really good at what they do, but I’d be happier if the Daily Mail had consulted with specialists in the field of Steve’s illness. Then again, perhaps those specialists were professional enough not to speculate on a case without a patient’s history.
The pictures are telling if they’re real and untouched. I hope it’s not true, but there is something in the air now that I do not welcome.
Steve, I wish you well.
I hope this is wrong…
With 6billion, can’t you just make/buy a new whatever you need!!! Clone him! Take his brain and put it in a 20y old body! Something!!! 🙁
Tim cook is great, and I have no doubt apple will be ok. I would think with out Steve that apple will soon stop making NEW products or new technology and just keep refreshing current products to death… I hope I’m wrong..
Is there a picture of his face? How do we know that is actually Jobs? The guy is not wearing a turtleneck and has more hair than Jobs.
Looks so fake.
This from Zimbio on Oct.27, 2010:
“The National Enquirer hits stands with a shocking picture of Michael Douglas, who is bravely battling cancer.
Docs are very concerned by his weight loss – he’s now apparently 139 lbs.
Now, the tab is claiming friends fear he has only 3 months to live.”
So much for the credibility of the Enquirer. They may be accurate with some of their other scoops , but forget it when it comes to their ‘celebrity deathbed’ stuff.
Scum of the earth take pleasure in other’s misery.
Karma is inescapable.
With this being from the National Enquirer, i’m surprised theres nothing about him being abducted by aliens.
Sigh. National Enquirer. Self-deprecating.
It is a shame that Steve’s privacy and APPL share value are equally under predateous attack. The very best wishes for Steve and family.
National Enquirer: Self-defecating.
Guys sorry to break this down, but Steve is under the wrong treatment. Chemo has LESS than 3% survival rate because it does nothing more than COMPLETELY destroy your immune system.
These lousy c0cksuckers want to get Steve now that he is vulnerable.
I wish he would listen right about now and get the F8ck outta there! Swayze didn’t survive for the same reason. Chemo’s only purpose is for the drug mega corporations to make TRILLIONS and the statistics prove it!
Nevertheless, I wish Steve to be on the 3% and kick some major arse for the years to come…
Don’t know where you get your figures, but LOTS of people have been helped by chemo, including a number of immediate family members. But chemo isn’t always a cure, and yes, cancer patients often die of their disease. But dying in two months vs. dying in 10 years is a trade-off I’ll make any day.
What would you have him do, take herbal supplements?
Leave the dude alone.
Steve Jobs deserves privacy.
Please just leave him alone!!!
Stay classy, MDN.
Where do they find the quacks that will make a diagnosis off of poorly shot photos? Nice voicing your opinion without knowing the facts!
Not sure which disgusts me more – the National Enquirer or the quacks!
More absolute truth from the Enquirer:
From Rumorfix:
The November 22 cover of National Enquirer features a “Michael Douglas Collapses” headline. Last month the tabloid claimed the actor only had “3 Months To Live,” now they’re telling another elaborate tall tale regarding the actor’s health.
“Gravely ill Michael Douglas collapsed at his New York apartment and was rushed to the hospital – and now the cancer stricken star is resisting the emergency surgery he needs to save his life.”
A rep for Douglas tells RumorFix that the publication’s story is bogus. “No, he did not collapse as reported by the National Enquirer, who were told it was untrue when they checked for verification.”
Those two doctors are nothing but unethical to go on record speculating how long someone has to live. Incredible, but it’s indicative of the world we live in.
Get better Steve—che Dio ti benedica.
From the N.E. “I would say he has six weeks.”
Most irresponsible ‘quote’ of the year? What an awful thing to say!
From the actual article:
“The photos were published a day after Apple unveiled its new subscription policy which enables newspaper and magazine publishers to sell subscriptions by the week, month, year or other period of time, instead of asking readers to buy each issue separately.
Are these “photos” a tool to fight back?
He needs our prayers. No one should suffer that horrible disease. I have lost many family members to it as well.