RIP Steve Jobs
RIP Steve Jobs
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One of the, perhaps, least mentioned side effects of organ transplants (Steve Jobs had his liver replaced) is that one unfortunately has to continue life on a steady regimen of anti-rejection medication, which effectively trick the immune system into shutting down, in order for it to stop trying to reject the new organ. The net result is pretty much the same as having HIV, as this compromised immune system leaves you open to just about every sort of illness or disease, because the immune system can't fight anything off.
That must have been Hell to live with, and Jobs carried on nonetheless as much as he could, almost right to the end, and that takes bigger balls than most of us will ever have.
RIP Steve.