Comments on: Report: Steve Jobs had liver transplant

Apple's CEO, who has been on medical leave for the past six months, had a liver transplant two months ago in Tennessee, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

[ralfthedog]

I know this lady who's brother talked to this taxi cab driver and He said that Steve Jobs had a brain transplant from a squid.

Please people, give it a rest. We do not know if he had a transplant. Mr. Jobs may decide to tell us, he may not. It is his choice. Speculation based on rumor is pointless. Let the man have a private life.

[Lenter101]

He will not look like himself after a transplant and all the medications that he has to take to prevent rejection. Get ready for a shock if he does reappear.

Rich people, like Donte Stallworth, Ted Kennedy, Steve Jobbs, etc - get preferential treatment - such is life.

[chapibol]

I'm a PC and I wish Steve well....

[abbottpark]

If he had a liver transplant that means that the odds are he has Hepatitis C. Keep in mind that
Hepatitis C is the number one reason for liver transplantation, however, the virus always recurs in the new liver. When a diseased liver is removed from a patient with Hepatitis C (HCV), serum viral levels plummet. However, after receiving a healthy liver transplant, virus levels rebound and can surpass pre-transplant levels within a few days, according to a new study published in the February 2006 issue of Liver Transplantation, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

[Lenter101]

So, how do people get Hepatitis C. Is this from his pancreatic cancer?

[abbottpark]

In general, you get hepatitis C by coming in contact with blood contaminated with the virus. Most people with hepatitis C became infected through blood transfusions received before 1992, the year improved blood-screening tests became available.

You can also get the virus by injecting drugs with contaminated needles and, less commonly, from contaminated needles used in tattooing and body piercing. Needle exchange programs, which increase the availability of sterile needles, are helping to reduce the risk of hepatitis C, HIV and other blood-borne diseases.

A small number of babies born to mothers with hepatitis C acquire the infection during childbirth. Mother-to-infant transmission rates are higher among women infected with both hepatitis C and HIV. Talk with your doctor about these risks before becoming pregnant.

In rare cases, hepatitis C may be transmitted sexually. And in many people infected with hepatitis C, no risk factor can be identified. There are many wrestlers and boxers that have had hepatitis C from coming in contact with contaminated blood. You also can get this thru improperly sterilized medical equipment. So any medical procedure even seeing a dentist can put you at risk.

[mexnexus]

Steve, from an ex apple Employee (1986)

GET WELL SOON

[BingItOn]

Get Well, I wish you the best.

[Vegaman_Dan]

Replacement of a liver is to address a symptom, not the cause. That's the real issue to be addressed. It's also something the investors are going to want to know about as well. Even if Apple has met any and all SEC requirements, the public investor impression is that Apple is hiding the truth. That truth may not exist except in rumor, but the few times Apple has tried to dismiss the issue, they have claimed different and contradicting causes.


It's possible they don't know either and are just as informed as the rest of us, but they will need to say something to avoid problems later. It just is a wise thing to do.

[ikramerica--2008]

Yes, but if the cause is gone, it is wiping out the symptom, and one that is deadly.

[dbar2]

Wow. Alot of the commenters here are the worst sort of lowlives.
I mentined this before, but for some strange reason, CNET is the
worst site for comments I've ever seen.
The majority appear to be immature 18-20 something's with inflated opinions of themselves. I should stop reading them. Pity because Cnet is a reasonable source of tech info.

[lkrupp]

Any report or article that involves Apple or Steve Jobs brings out the scumbags in droves. One of the worst is some piece of flotsam that calls itself AppleSUXLeo. A few weeks ago it referred to Steve Jobs as a "dirty Jew" in one of its more lucid moments. It goes downhill from there.

[monkeyfun14]

@ikrupp


And the same do it to Bill Gates.

The man could be on his death bed and fanboys would come out in droves celebrating the occasion.
Go take a look at any article about Bill Gates that has nothing to do with Microsoft.

[ckh1272]

@ ikrupp--Don't try to reason with some of these people! They would rather live in glass houses ("oh, they do it Bill Gates"). What is this?? 3rd grade??

[ikramerica--2008]

dbar2 - you should check out FoxNews comments. On the articles they even allow comments, it's just horrible what people write and reply with. Cnet looks tame in comparison. ;)

[douggdangger]

I bet the hospital staff used Windows and Blackberries and had a chapel inside the hospital.

3 things Mac followers hate.

[luke_marsh]

Ahhh it's story's like that that make me glad I smoke.

[AppleSuxLeo]

So Macs do get viruses !

[baconstang]

Maybe puberty will make you clever.

[Vegaman_Dan]

@baconstang:

"Maybe puberty will make you clever"

Ah yes, then that would explain your comments fully. Please let us know when you hit that magical time in life, lad. :)

But seriously, it was clearly a joke and considering the vindictive nature of the Apple ads, it was rather clever.

[bananaphonerules]

Ok.. which one of you donated your liver to Steve?
I know you've already donated your spleen to Microsoft.

[ikramerica--2008]

I don't know, but when I die, I'm "donating [my] eyes to Stevie Wonder"

[spiffyspiff20]

Get well [b]soon[/b], Steve!

[Thomas, David]

Get well Steve.

As for some of the posters here, you have shown true selfishness, and a disgusting capacity to show your butts at any expense. Are you really part of the human race?!

[ib101]

In a capitalist country such as ours, when it comes to health, we all default to socialism, nee communism. Looking at these comments, it's as if I live in Sweden or some sort of Marxist utopia.

Most liver transplants go to alcoholics who have stopped drinking within the last 6 months. Many start drinking again.

People with some money and sense can move states to get an organ somewhat quicker. Is this a sin? Rich people can afford lots of better stuff, but the fact of the matter is health is the great equalizer. We will all die of something someday wether we are rich or poor.

Personally, I think given the organ shortage, organs should be available for purchase. Frankly if you are Steve Jobs, you have more to offer society alive than dead. If you are successful, you should be allowed to pay for the best...organ, doctor, house, car, lawyer, whatever. This is America. Consider it an incentive to succeed.

Why do the rest of you feel entitled to the same treatment on the taxpayers tab?

[b_baggins]

SIgh. Liver transplants can use live donors, so all your arguments fail in this case.

[hassan_bin_sober]

Served with some Fava beans and a nice Chianti?

[b_baggins]

When my nephew had his liver transplant, the nurse showed my bro-in-law the old liver and asked if he wanted some onions with that. Gallows humor. Ya gotta love it. They laughed, though, because they knew that their 15-month old was going to live.

[scott2400]

Some of these comments by Apple haters are pathetic. How low do you have to go to soothe the raging bile you've got flowing inside you? If Bill Gates was in the same situation as Steve Jobs, I would wholeheartedly wish him well and for a full recovery - even though I am no fan of his company's products.

It's a human thing... something that many of you lowlifes have difficulty understanding.

Rock on and be well, Mr. Jobs. And for you sleazebags that write these sick posts - seek professional help.

[kewell82]

Steve Jobs should start a religion. I mean look at all the followers he already has on this site. He is a man people! He can't save you from your sins. So I'll see you all in hell.........from heaven because I don't worship Steve Jobs.

[Profartiste]

Because you are investing in a company, doesn't give you the right to know everything about the medical file of a person. Remember, in the first place, there would be no company, no shareholders, no profit, and no booming record sales, without Steve.
The guy needed some privacy, some distance and some understanding to go through hell and come back.
Don't be selfish and greedy because Steve has already done a lot for Apple.