I saw a post on the Motley Fool site about Steve Jobs. Mr. Jobs has lost a lot of weight recently. He is CEO of a major company, and Apple doesn't have much in the way of a succession plan, so even the Wall Street Journal is interested in his health.
It is not a stretch from a numbers perspective. One has to figure that there are probably four to seven CEOs of Fortune 500 companies having to work with the issue, whether it is known by them or not. (It may be that the effects of being an undiagnosed Celiac keeps people from the top job).
There were two things that I thought were interesting about the article. One was the "oblique" reference to Celiac. By "oblique" I mean that Celiac was mentioned, but it wasn't the focus of the article. It was mentioned as an aside, and I think that is a great development for Celiac awareness. The second item of was and continues to be Steve's struggle to maintain his medical privacy in the face of legitimate investor concerns. Can anyone imagine how difficult a situation it would be where you didn't feel comfortable telling your co-workers you have Celiac? Personally, I made the decision a long time ago to tell everybody. But what is good for me and what is good for Steve Jobs are two different things. Sometimes it is hard to be a celebrity.
Wednesday Update. A Time magazine posting mentioned Celiac as a possible cause.
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I'm afraid that everytime I hear of someone who has IBS with other health issues I always think they should be tested for Celiac. The amazing thing to me is that they rarely are.
Did you know they now suspect that JFK had Celiac? He had a host of medical issues that are common with Celiac. And being Irish, that wouldn't have been unheard of.
On another note, I was wondering if you were still considering holding the Celiac Awareness Run in Houston again? I live in Houston and would love to run in it.
I talked to you after Hurricane Ike and the race had been postponed until possibly the spring. Do you have enough support to hold it this year?
Thanks, Heather
If there were more awareness, I think more people would be tested.
I had read some of the discussion on JFK. Some of it actually helped me connect the dots on my own situation, so whatever you think of JFK's health conditions, at least the discussion helped me out.
And I'm glad you asked about the Awareness race/walk. I could not get the spring date I'd hoped for, but just this week I did secure the venue for October 3, 2009. So keep training and lace up your shoes! I'll be updating the website shortly. - Michael
Did you know that all Hammer products are gluten free?
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