Jobs Talks Health Before Macworld

While Den Den Boy is busy getting actual news from the impending Macworld event, I'm left behind in the Homotron Laboratories scrounging for tasty tidbits. But what tidbit could be tastier than Steve Jobs finally saying something public about the rumors concerning his health. And while what Jobs said was definitely spun for the public (and of course, impossible to confirm), an open letter to the Apple community is scads more than we got during Jobs' bout with pancreatic cancer.

For the first time in a decade, I'm getting to spend the holiday season with my family, rather than intensely preparing for a Macworld keynote.

As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008. The reason has been a mystery to me and my doctors. A few weeks ago, I decided that getting to the root cause of this and reversing it needed to become my #1 priority.

Fortunately, after further testing, my doctors think they have found the cause--a hormone imbalance that has been "robbing" me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy. Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis.

The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward, and I've already begun treatment. But, just like I didn't lose this much weight and body mass in a week or a month, my doctors expect it will take me until late this Spring to regain it. I will continue as Apple's CEO during my recovery.

It's difficult not to speculate on Jobs' health, particularly when it comes to cancer. And when a man's health is so intimately tied to the health of an enormous corporation, what would normally be an inviolate personal matter becomes, for better or worse, a matter of public discussion.

In that light, it's great to see something from the Jobs camp about the elephant in the room. We're certainly wishing Steve Jobs has a speedy return to wellness. Now: Macworld!