Jobs denied surgery for his cancer and opted for medicine instead: Walter Isaacsontle

Saad Riaz Qazi
NUST

“When he eventually sought surgery, the rare form of pancreatic cancer had spread to the tissues surrounding the organ,” said Walter Isaacson in an interview with “60 minutes”. He also said that Jobs kept receiving the treatment in secret and told everyone that he was cured. The book is expected to release on 24^th October, based on many interviews from Jobs and others it will present the real story of the man who really revolutionized technology as we know it!

Jobs was bullied at school and also had various strange habits such as staring at people continuously without blinking as reported by Associated Press who say that they have obtained a copy of the book.

Walter told in the interview that Jobs might have been saved from his death if he had resorted to conventional methods earlier. He also said that Jobs regretted the decision he made. Jobs tried to make the cancer go away with diets and spiritualty but didn’t get an operation done. Walter said that Jobs might have felt that he could make the cancer go away magically if he stopped thinking about it.

Though Jobs announced that he had been going under treatment and surgeries and things such as liver transplants, he never really opted for any of that.

Jobs death stirred emotional tributes and various events throughout the globe. He never revealed much of himself to anyone but he knew that his end was near and he had wanted to tell the his story to the world.That is why he hired Walter for the job and believed that his book would let everyone know about him.

The book contains every part of Jobs’ life, how he was born and then adopted by a family at Silicon Valley, his biological father, his schooling and his biggest competition in the tech business, the Google’s Android. It tells us how his longtime friend and ex-Apple board member and then CEO Google, Eric Schmidt became his biggest competitor and how much he wanted to win and take Apple above every other company in the world.

One hell of a story that is presented by Walters’ book also reveals the beginning of Apple. Jobs found the name after returning from an Apple farm, when he though that the name was “fun, spirited and not intimidating”.