Chapter 887： paranoid life

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Evan Bell held a bouquet of carnations and walked into the lobby of the nursing home. Outside was a flowery yard. You could see many people pushing wheelchairs and bathing in today's not-so-toxic sun. Evan Bell can't help but sigh, the weather is really a decisive factor. If it is in Dubai, the sun at this time is enough to make people smoke, and people who play volleyball on the beach seem to be practicing "iron sand feet" - the evolution of iron sand palms body.

Eden Hudson is holding a copy of "Reminiscence of the Lost Years" in his hand and is looking at it carefully, as if thinking about something.

Since it is a private nursing home, there is no way for outsiders to enter at will. So Evan Bell walked over to the front desk, smiled and said, "Good afternoon, ma'am."

"Good afternoon, sir, can I help you?" There was a middle-aged woman at the counter, who didn't seem to recognize Evan Bell, she just asked in a formulaic tone, but the tone Still very polite, you can see the sincerity in her attitude.

"I want to visit Mr. Steve Jobs. Can you ask, is he convenient now?" Evan Bell said with a smile.

"Excuse me?"

"Bell, Evan Bell."

"Okay, please wait a moment." After the lady at the counter asked, she put her eyes on the computer screen, started to adjust the data, and then called.

The gentleman that Evan Bell came to visit today was Steve Jobs, the famous godfather of Apple. Last October, Steve Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is a type of cancer that is very difficult to cure. Doctors call it "the king of cancer" because once pancreatic cancer is detected, it is basically at an advanced stage. Although only four to six people per 100,000 people develop pancreatic cancer each year, it is characterized by an extremely high mortality rate. In general, patients live on average about nine months after developing symptoms of pancreatic cancer. The five-year survival rate is less than 2 percent.

When the news broke in the media, Steve Jobs denied the possibility, and it was not until this summer that he emailed internal employees of the company that he had contracted a very "rare disease". Pancreatic cancer," he'll be in the operating room, and he's promised to be back at work in September.

This time, everyone is guessing what "rare pancreatic cancer" is. Can it be cured? And what is surgery? Because pancreatic cancer is at an advanced stage once found, it is almost difficult to eliminate all cancer cells, so what surgery can save all this. Immediately there were mixed opinions.

Evan Bell naturally knew that Steve Jobs would not have died so young. After the Apple godfather suffered from cancer, he fought back and forth for eight years. He finally passed away on October 15, 2011. Evan Bell once read Steve Jobs' autobiography, which has a relatively comprehensive description of cancer.

In fact, it wasn't pancreatic cancer that Steve Jobs had, but a much rarer disease called islet cell carcinoma. Islet cell tumor accounts for only 1% of all pancreatic tumors. There are more than 40,000 new pancreatic cancer cases in the United States each year, but only less than 3,000 new islet cell tumors are diagnosed. It's called "rare".

Islet cell tumors have a far lower mortality rate than pancreatic cancer. And it is a relatively easy condition to treat. If Steve Jobs had surgery when he discovered the tumor in 2003, recovery was not impossible. Because islet cell tumors are relatively mild cancers that can be removed surgically, on the contrary, if left untreated, the spread of cancer cells can still have dire consequences.

A pity, paranoid Steve Jobs. He is skeptical of medicine. He ignored the doctor's dissuasion and refused the advice of his family. He desperately hopes to achieve healing through conservative treatment. He came into contact with Indian Buddhism very early, so he chose relatively conservative and mild treatments, such as diet therapy, or seeking the help of psychics, and some home remedies. As a result, it is conceivable that the spread of cancer cells directly converts into cancer.

In July of this year, Steve Jobs realized the seriousness of the problem and was persuaded by his family to undergo surgery. Steve Jobs made an official statement in August that he had undergone surgery and would soon be back at work.

Unfortunately, it was too late for treatment. After that, Steve Jobs struggled with the disease on and off. In 2009, it became more and more serious. He called for long-term sick leave twice, and finally resigned as Apple's CEO at the end of August 2011. He died two months later.

When Evan Bell knew that Steve Jobs was ill, he also wanted to persuade the godfather-level figure to undergo surgery, but Evan Bell was not the savior. What position will he use to convince Steve Jobs? How could he be sure that Steve Jobs would listen to him if he didn't listen to his family and doctors? As Evan Bell said just now, he and Steve Jobs can only be regarded as gentlemen, not even close friends, and he doesn't even have Steve Jobs' phone number. He couldn't stand in front of Steve Jobs and say, "Hey man, if you don't have surgery, you're going to die in eight years." Therefore, Evan Bell can only give up in the end.

Steve Jobs' distrust of medicine, and his insistence on his own opinions, not listening to the advice of relatives and doctors, and choosing mild treatment methods such as diet therapy can be said to be a portrayal of his paranoid life.

Looking at Steve Jobs's life, whether he founded Apple, or Pixar Studios, including the smartphone that has changed everyone's daily life since then, it can be seen that he was absolutely a heroic figure, and he relied on his own wisdom to change He has single-handedly brought Apple to a new level because of the way people live. Steve Jobs is an irreplaceable central figure for Apple.

Wisdom, wisdom, acumen, innovation, etc. are the reasons why Steve Jobs was able to succeed, and self-confidence and perseverance are also indispensable factors. When everyone questioned Apple, and even concluded that Apple would go bankrupt, Steve Jobs still did not shake his confidence. He took Apple out of the quagmire step by step, and successively drove the music market with d and returned to the computer market. , To occupy the mobile phone market with ne, without a firm heart, it is impossible to do all this. Perseverance has always been indispensable in the handbook of successful people.

Perseverance made Steve Jobs successful, but the paranoia revealed by persistence also made Steve Jobs miss the best time to cure the disease. It is said that God is jealous of talents, and maybe this is reflected in Steve Jobs.

Evan Bell took the thick "Reminiscence of the Past" from Eden Hudson, as well as the bouquet in his hand, and was about to give it to the lady at the counter. He estimated that Steve Jobs It's still in the recuperation stage, and I shouldn't see myself, so I plan to pass the greeting gift to the staff to Steve Jobs. It's just that I don't know if the Apple godfather understands the reason why he sent this "Reminiscence of the Past" to him.

"Mr. Bell? Bell?" The lady at the counter held the phone and looked up to ask, Evan Bell nodded, the lady at the counter checked the phone again, and then looked up again and said, "Mr. Bell, Mr. Jobs is now He can be interviewed, his room 307."

"Uh, okay, no problem, thank you." Evan Bell was stunned for a while, not expecting Steve Jobs to be willing to see him, which was a bit surprising. "You wait for me here, I'll be down soon." Steve Jobs has just undergone major surgery, and it is estimated that recuperation is the most important thing.

Eden Hudson patted Evan Bell on the shoulder, motioned for himself to sit in the waiting area next to him, then turned and left.

Evan Bell held a book in his right hand and a flower in his left, and walked towards the elevator. The smell of the potion in the white sanatorium is not strong, and there are faint lilac flowers around. Looking out through the bright window, it is a large area of ​​green, and there is a small fountain. The scenery is very pleasant.

I found room 307, knocked on the door of the room lightly, and there was a sound of "please come in", and the state of the sound was good. Pushing open the door of the room, I saw Steve Jobs, who was half-sitting, the godfather of the mall. At this time, he was wearing a white hospital gown, and nearly half of his cheeks had lost weight because of his thick beard. Even more haggard, the whole person's momentum has converged.

"Hey, Steve, long time no see." Evan Bell walked in with a smile. There was no Steve Jobs family in the room, only him. Evan Bell put the flowers on the coffee table next to the hospital bed, and then handed over the book in his hand, "Proust's younger brother Robert once said that if you want to read 'Reminiscence of the Past', you must A serious illness, or a broken leg, or so much time. So I think this should be a good gift for visiting."

Ordinary people who come to visit will ask how the patient is doing, or they will keep saying "everything will be fine" and other comforting words, or they will avoid discussing physical pain and change the subject. Steve Jobs couldn't help laughing at the ingenious perspective of Evan Bell.

"Reminiscence of the past years", French stream-of-consciousness writer Marcel Brewster's masterpiece, is generally in the hands of literature lovers, and it is a gift for visiting patients, which makes people laugh and cry.

Steve Jobs took the book on his own initiative, "Why do you have to get seriously ill after reading this book?" He naturally knew about this literary work, but it was the first time he heard of this allusion.

Evan Bell smiled, "Because this book is too stream of consciousness, more than 4,000 pages and more than 2 million words. A sleepless night can be described in forty pages, and a three-hour party can be used for Nearly 200 pages are lost, and it is really a hypnotic tool when you can't sleep."

This remark suddenly made Steve Jobs laugh, and he smiled at once.

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