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There was a kernel of truth to this, albeit a small one.
這封公開信里有一部分事實，但只是很小一部分。
One of the hormones created by the pancreas is glucagon, which is the flip side of insulin.
由胰臟分泌的荷爾蒙中有一種胰高血糖素，它會與胰島相互拮抗。
Glucagon causes your liver to release blood sugar.
胰高血糖素可使血糖升高。
Jobs's tumor had metastasized into his liver and was wreaking havoc.
喬布斯的癌細胞轉移到肝臟，并造成了嚴重的破壞。
In effect, his body was devouring itself, so his doctors gave him drugs to try to lower the glucagon level.
實際上，他的身體在自我毀滅，所以醫生在給他用藥來降低胰高血糖素水平。
He did have a hormone imbalance, but it was because his cancer had spread into his liver.
他確實是有荷爾蒙失調，但那是由于他的癌細胞擴散到肝臟造成的。
He was in personal denial about this, and he also wanted to be in public denial.
他不但自己不肯承認這點，而且也希望公眾不這么認為。
Unfortunately that was legally problematic, because he ran a publicly traded company.
不幸的是，這在法律上是有問題的，因為他經營著一家上市公司。
But Jobs was furious about the way the blogosphere was treating him, and he wanted to strike back.
但是喬布斯對網絡世界對待他的方式感到憤怒，而且他想還擊。
He was very sick at this point, despite his upbeat statement, and also in excruciating pain.
盡管喬布斯的公開信語調樂觀，但當時他非常虛弱，而且飽受疼痛的折磨。
He had undertaken another round of cancer drug therapy, and it had grueling side effects.
他接受了新一輪的化療，副作用很大。
His skin started drying out and cracking.
他的皮膚開始干裂。
In his quest for alternative approaches, he flew to Basel, Switzerland, to try an experimental hormone-delivered radiotherapy.
他尋求各種治療方法，他飛到瑞士巴塞爾，嘗試了一種試驗性的荷爾蒙傳導的放射線療法。
He also underwent an experimental treatment developed in Rotterdam known as peptide receptor radionuclide therapy.
他還接受了一種在鹿特丹發明的試驗性療法，叫做肽感受器放射性核素療法。
