Steve Jobs Explains His Health Problem: "Hormone Imbalance"; Predicts Recovery by Spring, Will Stay on as CEO

If not being able to balance your moaning whores is all it takes to lose weight then I qualify, big time.

steve--do you not know or understand that you are the most loved man on this planet because you are macs daddy. i marveled at the admiration that your stockholders and mac owners had for you. i did not understand it until i got my mac. dont even think about stepping down. there are people that think you could run apple from heaven. god bless and keep you.

I appreciate Steve openness regarding his health along with the research conducted by his doctor to locate the problem. I too have experienced weight lose due to the lack of nutrients in the blood system. May God continue to use us and strengthen for years to come.

Key phrase in Jobs' statement: "my doctors think they have found the cause...". Hormones out of balance is not a primary cause; something else has caused this. Jobs should state what.

" ... we could all go to wikipedia, look it up, and draw our own conclusions." --- I prefer Endocrinology For Dummies. Believe it or not, the Internet is not always 100% accurate.

It is too bad that a CEO of a major corporation, with increasing share of operating system use, 25 BILLION in cash, a 3g cell phone with retail and wholesale distribution chains already in place, an an apps store that is just starting to take off, has to continually explain his health. Bill Gates was able to step down, and maybe Steve Jobs would like to be able to enjoy all of his success with some amount of personal privacy. He has built a great company, and Cook and Shiller can manage a transition team should he so desire. The good side of a cult following is brand loyalty. The bad side is that people confuse the sizzle with the steak. Jobs is the sizzle, the company is the steak. It is a great company. And speaking of steak........eat a few, Steve. This vegan thing is a bit over the top for someone with a cancer history, isn't it?

As a 12 year veteran of Apple in the early years, I wish you the very best. I have an iMac on my desk today, the latest in a succession of Apple products I have used in my home - beginning in 1982. Those were the best years of my work life. When we met, you were 22 and I was exactly twice your age. Remember the Apple Logo cake I baked for your birthday? I wish you a full recovery and many more years of good health.

love live Steve Jobs!

That's great news for our Steve! I wish you a fast and permanent recovery, although I'll be missing you tomorrow... :-( Please take good care of Steve and his genious mind and have a happy and healthy New Year!!!

tats the same thing wrong with America... but it's call a trade imbalance... quote*Now let us look at Wal-Mart again; you buy a product there, 6% goes to the employees, 10-18% is profit to the company, 25% goes to other costs and 50% goes to re-stock or the cost of goods sold. Of the 50% about 20-25% goes to China, a guess, but you get the point. Now then, how long will it take at 433 Billion dollars at year for China to have all of our money, leaving no money flow for us to circulate? At a 17 Trillion dollar economy less than 40-years minus the 1/6 they buy from us. Some say that if we keep putting money into our economy, it would take forever, but if we do not then eventually all the money flow will go. If China buys our debt then eventually they own us, no need to worry about a war, they are buying America, due in part to our own mismanaged trade, so whose fault is that? Not necessarily China, as they are doing what's in the best interests, and we should make sure that trade is not only free, but fair too.*end quote! http://www.worldthinktank.net/pdfs/TheFlowofTrade.pdf

I will pray that everything in your life is ok... your health, career.. God bless you.

Steve, I wish you a happy new year, and a speedy recovery. You are Apple's best and brightest.

Wow! Steve the last time I saw you was on tv with Kathy Griffith on her show. You do not even look like the same person. Hope you have a full and speed recovery. God Bless.

Got my first Classic in 1988(?) My husband and I now own two iMacs, an iBook, an iPod Touch and a Nano. Always slaver over next hardware, apps, OS. Mr. Jobs has stamped his personal logo quite thoroughly on the goals and philosophy of Apple. Build it right, make it simple, but give it the ability to do the best, whatever the client wants to do. I hope Mr. J takes a good long break to relax (is that possible, Steve?), recharge, heal, and do a little dreaming of his own.

AAPLAPPLE INC.Brian EgliOPPENHEIMER UPGRADES APPLE COMPUTER (AAPL) TO OUTPERFORM FROM PERFORMAnalyst Yair Reiner says, after yesterday's disclosures about AAPL CEO Steve Jobs' health, he's satisfied a sudden change of leadership is not imminent. Notes, while the letters from Jobs and AAPL's board raise more questions than they answer, it seems unlikely Jobs, the board, and its counsel would disclose the prognosis of a 6-mo. recovery if it were at odds with doctors' expectations. Will now refocus on the heart of the AAPL story: Mac share gains, the iPhone revolution, cash in the bank and cash that's still flowing. Has $135 target./B.Egli|US;AAPL|29466|36276

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