Steve Jobs Dead

7 years after first announcing he was diagnosed with cancer, Steve Job was found dead in the surroundings of his family yesterday October 5th, 2011.

Steve Jobs suffered from a rare pancreatic cancer known as "islet of Langerhans cell neuroendocrine tumors" or "pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors". The good news is that these tumors grow very slow and can be successfully treated after they have spread. The side effects of these tumors however are no easy treat, as the endocrine gland produces hormones and with extra tumors, extra hormones will be secreted.

Steve Jobs, the thinker-outside-the-box that he is, went for alternative treatment before opting for a Whipple Procedure to remove the cancer.
This was announced to be a success without further needing to undergo chemo nor radiation.

In 2006 Jobs appeared thinner than before although Apple announced that Steve was in a robust state of health. One can imagine if you take away a part of the pancreas that is overly important for your digestion, that your weight will decrease.

In 2008 his looks unveiled that Steve's health was not an all thumbs up, but rumors said he was on antibiotics or that again the Whipple Procedure just causes a person to keep on losing weight.
According to The New York Times, Steve Jobs health issues were not life-threatening nor was there a recurrence of the pancreatic cancer.

Begin January 2011, Steve Jobs announced that for several months already he was suffering from an imbalance of the hormones, which is the primary function of a healthy pancreas: getting the right amount of hormones in the body to let it function optimally, especially when it comes to digesting food. This announcement started his 6 month absence of leave from Apple.

4 months later, Steve had a liver transplant, which could speculate that his cancer had spread to his liver. However the official story is that Steve Job's prognosis was excellent, and as far as we know, no livers are given to a person that has a cancer that spread to the liver. Apart from the normal distress that is associated as a side effect of immunosuppressive medications in order for the body not to reject the new liver, the immune system now is in a dilemma of sorts:

• how not reject the new liver and at the same time do what it is supposed to do:
• how to reject any unwanted cancer cell?

In the beginning of this year, Steve took again medical leave, yet still appeared at major Apple launch events.

On August 24th, Steve resigned as CEO of Apple.

On October 5th, Steve Job was found dead in the peaceful surroundings of his family. We send our condolences to his family and friends.