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Originally Posted by NuclearFart
Interesting someone brought up Steve Jobs. The word in the medical community is that he initially ignored western medical advice regarding his tumor and decided to try naturopathic treatments....until it metastased to his liver a couple years later. At this point the man somehow obtained THREE liver transplants over his remaining life to hold off known metastastic disease and delay the inevitable. How a man of considerable wealth obtained so many hepatic transplants while people with curable liver ailments on a transplant wait list die, should spawn a few questions.
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I finished the book awhile back but if I recall he had early stages of pancreatic cancer (I thought pancreatic was one of the worst?) but his medical professionals thought they could treat it because it was caught early and non-aggressive. I think with his beliefs that the body is sacred he did not wish to go under the knife for surgery and stubbornly held that opinion by masking it with herbal treatment and eating vegetables all day long.
As you said, moved to the liver, had a friend recommend a medical professional in Tennessee who could get him further up the line on the waiting list and I think it has something to do with how the waiting lists work with different States? I can't remember the full story but I remember thinking how the hell did he get up to the top 3 in line so fast. I think he did comment that he wanted to be fair to the process and wait his turn.