from Wikipedia "whipple procedure"Similar concerns followed his appearance during the 2008 WWDC keynoteaddress. One interviewer noted: "[H]is handshake was moderate, his hands feltbony and I was taken aback by his extremely narrow face, slight build, andnoticeable shoulder bones through his shirt. Those aren't my impressions lookingback in time through the prism of speculation since. That's what I thought then;that these weren't the features of a guy who'd been working out, or on a diet.They seemed far more severe. Sickly." Apple explained his appearance by sayinghe had a "common bug" and was taking antibiotics. [55]
June 13, 2008: Fortune Magazine publishes an article concerning the Whipple procedure which they believe SteveJobs underwent.
A
pancreaticoduodenectomy,
pancreatoduodenectomy[1],
Whipple procedure, or
Kausch-Whipple procedure, is a major
surgical operation involving the
pancreas,
duodenum, and other organs. This operation isperformed to treat
cancerous tumours on the head of the
pancreas or cancerous tumors on ductsor vessels near the pancreas. This is still, nevertheless, a major surgicalprocedure.