Summary

In 2008, Jobs learned that his cancer had spread. During this time, Jobs lost an immense amount of weight due to his reduced pancreas, and his medications that reduced his appetite. The press had a field day with rumors that Jobs was concealing his health status. Jobs wrote an open letter stating that he was simply a victim of a hormone imbalance. In January 2007, Jobs took medical leave. He needed a liver transplant but the estimated time when a liver would be available in California was after his liver was thought to fail. Because of this, Jobs also registered from the transplant list in Tennessee, and received a live transplant in April.

During his recovery, Jobs still acted in a very picky fashion. When the medical staff attempted to use an oxygen mask on Jobs, he refused it because the design was ugly...