Siri founder had pancreatic tumor

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Dag Kittlaus, who invented Siri, went to the hospital for a simple examination, but what he found out completely changed his life.

Kittlaus went to the University of Colorado hospital in November to run some tests after his wife urged him to do so. He was living a healthy lifestyle, exercising, eating clean, so the news he received were kind of shocking.

As he got his heart examined, doctors made another discovery by mistake: he had a tumor as big as a lemon on his pancreas.

This form of cancer is one of the mildest ones, but only if found on time. Kittlaus was lucky enough to find it on time. He undertook a surgery at Johns Hopkins and now has only half of his pancreas. His bladder and spleen were also affected.  

This week, he returned to work. Kittlaus declared after his surgery that he appreciates life more after “tomorrow is promised to no one”.

“It was luckiest set of circumstances, because without that exam it most certainly would have spread and I would be dead,” said the Siri founder.

Now, he is working on the artificial intelligence system that was launched in October.

Apple founder Steve Jobs died of the same type of cancer. Unfortunately, he didn’t discover the disease on time. Other masterminds of the tech industry have been the victims of sudden deaths. In 2015, Dave Goldberg and then in 2016, Blake Krikorian, both Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, died.

This definitely makes workers from Silicon Valley realize the importance of cherishing life.