Apple CEO considering liver transplant.

[SuperTrouper]

Just in...I am not sure what does it have to do with his history of pancreatic carcinoma...doubt that he would get a transplant for metastatic disease...main reasons for transplant Hepatitis C, hepatitis B, autoimmune hepatic disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, carcinoid syndrome? Our prayers are with him and his family

[rcrush]

1. Maybe he's just so rich he wants a gold plated liver?

[SuperTrouper]

3. Theoretically, a patient with metastatic pancreatic cancer

would not qualify for a liver transplant.

[Horse with no Name]

5. You are correct.

I guess we will see if corporatocracy has infiltrated the medical industry.
Because honestly, if he gets a liver, it will ONLY be because he was able to buy it.
If this is the case, my organ donation status will change in a heartbeat to be a non-donor.
I do wish him well...but I would hate to see a liver go to waste (and it will) and someone who might have been a better recipient rejected because of it.

[Renew Deal]

6. That's fucked up.

[meegbear]

7. I'm sure he'll be whisked to the top of the list ...

which I hope not.

And NO, not to see him suffer/die, but because there are other people waiting as well and like an iPhone, he's gotta get in line and hope they don't sell out when he's next.

[Ian David]

2. Will he have to replace the whole liver when the rechargable batteries die? n/t

[FloridaJudy]

4. If he had cancer

There's a chance his liver was damaged by the treatment. Pancreatic cancer has a very low survival rate, so I guess he might have thought it would be worth taking extremely toxic meds if that was the only chance of beating it.

[glitch]

8. Maybe chemo destroyed his liver. nt

[Tangerine LaBamba]

9. I find this story hard to believe........

Given his pancreatic history, I suspect Apple has put this story out to deflect from the reality - that he is, most likely, dying of pancreatic cancer.

Sad, but it's a vicious cancer.