Steve Jobs - Back at Work

Earlier this week Steve Jobs appeared at an Apple Inc. product unveiling news conference, which was his first official appearance in public since a liver transplant earlier this year. In explaining his transplant surgery, Jobs said,

I have the liver of a twentysomething person who died in a car crash and who was generous enough to donate their [sic] organs.

I wouldn't be here without such generosity, so I hope all of us can be as generous and elect to be organ donors.

Liver transplants are uncommon and unlike cancer or heart disease or diabetes, which are more commonly found in the general population, liver disease and organ donation don't have the same level of awareness. So when a world renowned CEO like Jobs has a liver transplant, people notice. And they talk. And, hopefully, they sign up to become organ donors.

Glad to know you're faring well, Steve. Thanks for talking openly about your experience and urging others to become organ donors.

Steve Jobs Gets a Liver Transplant

Best wishes to Steve Jobs for the success of his (still rumored) liver transplant two months ago. From what I've read, his need for a transplant was uncommon and due to complications or a condition caused by pancreatic cancer.

Whenever someone of Jobs' celebrity has transplant surgery, a buzz is created that I hope makes people stop and think about transplants and the urgent need for organ donors. Akin to turning lemons into lemonade, if you will.

P.S. - I've taken a break from my blog because, well, the task of being a transplant patient with ongoing challenges (physical, financial, emotional, you name it) has been exhausting. I have rested and now I'm back in the saddle.