[poetic_folly]

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The WSJ ran a story Saturday stating Jobs' leave of absence has apparently been surrounding a liver transplant.

He should be returning to work in a limited capacity shortly, and seeing how things go. Meanwhile Tim Cook, Apple's COO and Steve's stand-in since January, may be stepping up to the plate even more.

There's also some interesting news as to where he's been at these 6 months (Memphis?) and rumors as to why WSJ hasn't sourced their info (someone told and Steve doesn't know who).

Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. The chief executive has been recovering well and is expected to return to work on schedule later this month, though he may work part-time initially.

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[feidhlim1986]

Jobs should really just step down. Its not worth it to put a strain on his health

[DeadGlory]

He looks like Ashton Kutcher.

[daxter146]

HOLY ****!! Where in tennessee????

[RonHC]

Originally Posted by DeadGlory

He looks like Ashton Kutcher.

thats what i thought

[lilskaterpunk]

@DeadGlory
He kinda does lol

[Fallguy]

Nice to know you can get a liver transplant and not be on a waiting list . Money talks .

[designgears]

ah, so this was the cause of his pancreatic cancer. It has started to metastasize and take out some other organs.

Liver transplant, ya, you have to have some serious money to one that fast.

[GuThanDuDe]

Well I Hope Steve, Gets well Soon. Nice to see him coming back to Apple

[ifonemaniac]

since when did andy samberg grow a beard?

[tsatryan]

[thetoothfairy]

Poor guy.... hopes he is feeling well... all I know is getting old isucks! (

[blkcadi]

Originally Posted by thetoothfairy

Poor guy.... hopes he is feeling well... all I know is getting old isucks! (

I like "isucks" you wrote,

[snoslicer8]

Originally Posted by Fallguy

Nice to know you can get a liver transplant and not be on a waiting list . Money talks .

We don't know how long he was or was not on the transplant waiting list. If he was sick enough, he goes to the top of the list in a day.

What we DON'T know, however, is why Jobs was able to be placed on the transplant list at all. One of the main disqualifiers for being placed on the transplant list is metastatic cancer; i.e. liver failure caused by pancreatic cancer, etc. Interesting that he was able to get around that fairly-set-in-stone rule.

[Treadeater]

He needs to quit the boozin... yeah the iphone/ipod are freakin great and popular but theres a time when one must stop celebrating.. ha.