巴菲特笑對前列腺癌

Last week was the most extraordinary week in Warren Buffetts history-but he lived his business life as if this was the most normal time in the world.

As Buffett announced today， he was diagnosed with Stage I prostate cancer last Wednesday， after a biopsy the previous day. On Thursday he had a CAT scan and bone scan， with these showing that the cancer had not spread elsewhere in his body.

On that same Thursday， he and a small group had dinner with his non-cousin， entertainer Jimmy Buffett， at a new Omaha restaurant called J.Cocos. Jimmy was in town for a performance two days later.

The following day-Friday-Buffett， the elder， was host to 160 business students from such universities as MIT， University of Chicago， University of Tennessee， and Perus Universidad del Pacifico. Following the usual routine for such visits （there are six scheduled for this school year）the students toured two Berkshire retail subsidiaries， held a two-and-a-half hour Q&A session with Buffett， and lunched at one of his favorite restaurants， Piccolos.

The riff at Piccolos was that Jimmy Buffett turned up for lunch， creating an instant sensation.

At Jimmys performance the next night at CenturyLink Center， the first person on stage was Warren Buffett， who deadpanned a“Welcome to the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting.”Actually， the only thing dissonant about his greeting was that the Berkshire meeting， which is held at that same Center， spreads out to overflow rooms and actually draws many more people than the standing-room-only （and wildly enthusiastic） crowd that Jimmy Buffett attracted.

On Sunday Buffett caught his breath. Then， on Monday morning at 7：30 AM， he met with his doctors to discuss courses of treatment for his newly discovered illness.

But he jumped from that consultation into a business meeting at 9 AM. And in the aflernoon he was videoed for a skit that will be a part of a movie shown at Berkshires （BRKA） annual meeting on May 5th.

That night， because he had a big dinner with a visiting delegation of foundation presidents， he did not play online bridge with his usual Monday foursome， which includes a player from Los Angeles， one from Harrison， New York， and me. One person very relieved about not playing was yours truly， who needed time to collect her wits and write this article.

上周應該是沃倫·巴菲特一生中最不尋常的一周，但他仍照常打理著自己的生意，仿佛這一周再平常不過。

巴菲特日前宣布，他上周二接受了活檢，上周三被確診患有一期前列腺癌。上周四，他做了CAT掃描和骨掃描，結果顯示，癌細胞并未擴散到身體其他部位。

就在接受檢查的同一天，巴菲特還在奧馬哈市一家名為J.Cocos的新餐廳，與另一位巴菲特——知名藝人吉米·巴菲特共同用餐。吉米·巴菲特于兩天后在該市舉辦了一場演出。

周五，老巴菲特又接待了160名商務專業大學生，這些學生分別來自麻省理工學院（ MIT）、芝加哥大學（University of Chicago）、田納西大學（University of Tennessee），以及秘魯的太平洋大學（Universidad del Pacifico）。常規參觀（本學年共有六次參觀安排）結束后，學生們又參觀了伯克希爾旗下的兩家零售子公司，與巴菲特進行了兩個半小時的互動，中午在巴菲特最鐘愛的餐廳Piccolos用餐。

當時有一段小插曲——吉米·巴菲特也來到Piccolos用餐，并引發了一場小小的騷動。

第二天晚上，吉米在CenturyLink會議中心演出開始之際，最先上臺的是沃倫·巴菲特，他一本正經地說“歡迎參加伯克希爾一哈撒韋公司（Berkshire Hathaway）年會”。當伯克希爾公司年會在此舉辦時，沃倫·巴菲特也會這樣問候來賓們。唯一不同的是，伯克希爾公司年會通常都是人滿為患，相比只能站在臺下觀看吉米·巴菲特演出的熱情觀眾，伯克希爾公司年會的人數要多很多。

周日，巴菲特休息。周一上午7：30，他與醫生見面，討論癌癥的治療方案。

然而在上午9點，剛剛結束會診的他又出現在一個商務會議上。下午，他又拍攝了一段視頻短劇。這段視頻將作為一部影片的一部分，在5月5日召開的伯克希爾公司年會上播放。

當天晚上，他參加了為基金會經理參觀代表團舉行的盛大晚宴。所以周一他并沒有像往常一樣和鐵桿牌友們在線切磋橋牌牌技。他的四位牌友分別來自洛杉磯、哈里森、紐約，還有一位便是我。其實不用玩牌，我反而松了口氣，因為我需要靜下心來寫這篇文章。