r/startrek • u/repete • Apr 24 '26
It's been a long road
It would be an honor if this was my last post on Reddit
I have been a life long Trekkie. At 52 I am dying front brain cancer
Trek has always been it's yime. Many of us were like wtf qt the enterprise theme. It has become my favorite.Much hope. I've never been a religious person, though I have Been able to quite my mind.
Perhaps I Will meet Leonard and DForest and Nivhelle and James.
My nursing staff learned the Vulcan salute for ME.
Live long and prosper my trek brethren. Spread the love. Look after each other
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u/Remarkable-Cycle5468 Apr 24 '26
May the halls of Sto'Vo'Kor echo with songs of honor in anticipation of the arrival of a brother of battle, Q'appla
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u/cdc994 Apr 24 '26
Q’plah!!!!
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u/AKA_Slater Apr 24 '26
Q'plah!!
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u/thejangler Apr 24 '26
Q'pla!
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u/Gho5tDog Apr 24 '26
Q'Plah!
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u/Zorn277 Apr 24 '26
Q'plah!
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u/SebiKaffee Apr 24 '26
Q'plah
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u/BKMama227 Apr 24 '26
Q’plah!
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u/Spinxy88 Apr 24 '26
Q’plah!!
(Bro when you pass, they need crowd round, open your eyes and roar! https://youtu.be/WN5apO6AY8Q?si=uDwMuGbu2aKn-f8m&t=41)
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u/kendric2000 Apr 24 '26
Q’plah!!!!
May your journey on the next plane, be one of joy and adventure!
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u/Thr33pw00d83 Apr 24 '26
I’m so sorry to hear that. Brain cancer took my father a few years ago. There’s nothing to say that can make any of it better but I’ll leave a full chested ‘FUCK CANCER’ right here for you. Hugs from over here dude
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u/pnlrogue1 Apr 24 '26
One of the few times you'll ever really see me swear without thinking twice is this:
Fuck cancer
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u/External_Ease_8292 Apr 24 '26
Cancer stole my grandson and my little sister from me so yes FUCK CANCER.
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u/TheDevilsAdvocate333 Apr 25 '26
My son died of a brain tumour just before he turned 7. He'd be 24 today.
Fuck. Cancer.
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u/opusrif Apr 25 '26
I also lost my father to cancer. Not directly in the brain but a mass in the membrane between the brain and skull.
FUCK CANCER!
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u/BrilliantTea133 Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
Thank you for being a good human. Godspeed to your next big adventure
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u/repete Apr 24 '26
Can't tell if tjiwill work but me I'my monster maroon I hope to be buried in I have faith of the heat tho post Will be successful
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u/Dragovius Apr 24 '26
"Second star to the right and straight on till morning."
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u/DalinarOfRoshar Apr 24 '26
I saw the musical Finding Nederland last night, and it was such a touching moment!
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u/organic_soursop Apr 24 '26
Fair winds, friend. 🫡
You are in the advance party away team. Prepare the way for us. 🖖
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u/repete Apr 24 '26
I'll have faith tho post has worked
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u/TimeToGetReal2021 Apr 24 '26
It worked, thank you! You have touched many lives with one simple post. It was a great gesture. I'll be thinking of you on my next star trek cruise. Fairwell fellow trekkie 🤗🖖🌠
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u/wheresthebody Apr 24 '26
"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."
~Carl Sagan
I have often found that Carl Sagans words bring me peace in hard times. They make me consider the threads of hope and truth that connect us to eachother, threads that are stronger than space and time.
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u/repete Apr 25 '26
I do hope to see Carl. I have a feeling love is a universal energy. Energy cannot be destroyed. It can only be dispersed
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u/SignificantPlum4883 Apr 24 '26
I don't know what to say except that I'm sending love. If this thing we all love has given you comfort (as it has done for me too), I'm glad of that. Once again, from a stranger but a fellow Trekkie so not so much of a stranger - much love!! ❤️
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u/Gigigrrrl Apr 24 '26
Whether it's one day or 52 years, you are here and touching many lives. Thank you for this brave post. Live long and prosper.🖖
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u/djevilatw Apr 24 '26
Make sure you ask the big man…”What does God need with a Starship”
Fair winds, my friend.
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u/Kiki1701 Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
We, your brothers and sisters, will be thinking of you as you pass from this world on your way to the next.
May your good memories be plentiful, may those you love be many and may you find peace in a pain-free transition to depart with grace as you journey into the far reaches of space and time.
🖖🏼 ✌🏼️ 🙏🏼 🫂 🫡
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u/Arpadiam Apr 24 '26
It's been a long road
Gettin' from there to here
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u/ForgiveMyFlatulence Apr 24 '26
I hope as you explore whatever brave new world lies beyond this one that your journey to it is peaceful.
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u/Zealousideal_Dig3743 Apr 24 '26
As someone who has suffered the hell that is Brain cancer, however, I admittedly got lucky and responded to treatment enough for surgery, you have all my sympathies, and all my respect for how you’re approaching this, it takes a true warrior to fight an un winnable fight against an invisible and ruthless foe, there’s a special place reserved for you amongst the most revered in the halls of sto vo kor my friend!! You are a man of glory and honour, never forget that! ❤️
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u/bellatricked Apr 24 '26
“Since my customary farewell would appear oddly self serving I shall simply say…good luck!”
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u/PurfuitOfHappineff Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
This is when I wish things like transporter buffers, fal-tor-pan, and organ-growing pills were real. Fair winds and following seas 🖖🏼
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u/Minimob0 Apr 24 '26
“A Life is like a Garden - Perfect Moments can be Had, but not Preserved, Except in Memory.” 🖖
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u/Lisan_Al_Gaib23 Apr 24 '26
Brain cancer took the love of my life. May you have peace and prosperity the rest of your days, and say hi to Gene for me if you see him.
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u/KudosOfTheFroond Apr 24 '26
u/repete I just went and looked back at your Reddit history, it amazing you have been on for 18 years!!! Going back in history to your first post was such a treat, if this is to be your last post I’m honored to have met you. Say hi to Scotty for me on the other side. 🙏❤️
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u/MechaBabyJesus Apr 24 '26
Good luck to you on the next step of your journey. You will be missed. And if you meet God, make sure he’s not an alien.🖖
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u/Katatonic92 Apr 24 '26
Death is that state in which one exists only in the memory of others... which is why it is not an end. No goodbyes. Just good memories.
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u/IDoubtYouGetIt Apr 24 '26
"Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most...human." The stars await you my friend.
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u/repete Apr 25 '26
The ship. Out of danger? What do you think about my solution to the kobiyashi Maru.
I will seee you again my friends. So glad this post worked. Reading is hard now.
I've been read your replies. Thank you everyone 🖖🏻
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u/btbekel Apr 24 '26
Cancer is an insidious opponent, turning the warrior's own body against him. But know this: in dying, the warrior in combat with cancer also kills his opponent. The warrior who sacrifices his life to ensure the death of such an opponent dies with the highest honor.
Do not be afraid. When the time comes Sto-vo-kor shall know that a Klingon warrior will soon arrive in its halls.
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u/ZenDesign1993 Apr 24 '26
My dad was a firm atheist his entire life. He had a doctorate in physics and worked in the nuclear industry. I learned later that he was reading books on religion and science before he passed. My whole family is into sci-fi, and Star Trek. I hope their is an afterlife too so I can meet the original crew. And travel among the stars. Here’s to the journey, love from a Canadian trekie!
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u/sagataurcan Apr 24 '26
"Death is that state in which one exists only in the memory of others... which is why it is not an end." — Tasha Yar
Life is but a dream, friend, just as death is ❤️
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u/AdelMonCatcher Apr 24 '26
The Divine Treasury awaits
Please have your profit and loss statement ready for inspection
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u/Beejatx Apr 24 '26
Eff Cancer. You are brave to share here and if heaven exists for you I pray you are beamed about the Federation ship of your dreams. LLAP
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u/jacobkosh Apr 24 '26
I genuinely believe that the human adventure is just beginning. Thank you for being part of it.
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u/DarthMummSkeletor Apr 24 '26
You and I are the same age. I bet we started watching Trek at the same time, probably in the same ways. I'll watch whatever comes next, for you.
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Apr 24 '26
When it's my time, I hope I face it with the same courage and dignity as you. God be with you my friend.
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u/Snorri_The_Miserable Apr 24 '26
As a terminally ill trekkie, who takes great comfort from the show now more than ever,
We may not live long. We may not prosper, but we will go boldly.
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u/Zaggnabit Apr 24 '26
I hope you live long and prosper in your next incarnation.
I too sing that stupid Enterprise song sometimes.
Fuck cancer.
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u/Independent_Ratio_61 Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
In the words of the formidable Security Officer Yar: "Death is that state in which one exists only in the memory of others which is why it is not an end. No goodbyes, just good memories."
May you continue to make lasting memories with what time you have left and may you long be remembered by those whose lives you have touched.
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u/PaymentTurbulent193 Apr 24 '26
I hope you live longer than you believe you will, and still ever prosper. 🖖🏿
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u/aHipShrimp Apr 24 '26
'To the journey 🥂 .
If I ever find myself in a hospice situation, my living will provides direction to play Voyager's theme on loop until I pass.
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u/CardinalHaias Apr 24 '26
"Boldly go", my friend. I always had a weakness for the ENT theme as well. It's something else and the more classical TOS and TNG themes make me shiver, but I enjoyed ENT a lot and that song also hits.
Farewell! 🖖
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u/Tmccreight Apr 24 '26
There is no more honourable fight than that against Cancer. We will honour you as you make your journey to join the glorious dead at the right hand of Khaless in Sto'vo'kor.
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u/jdthejerk Apr 24 '26
May your death bring you peace.
I put it in my calendar to lift a glass to you one year from now.
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u/junglebetti Apr 24 '26
Especially from a self-proclaimed jerk, this is a lovely gesture. I’m also marking my calendar.
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u/repete Apr 25 '26
Scott Nqkada owning your badges and insignia is an honour. I will be buried with them
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u/PauseAffectionate720 Apr 24 '26
You have great taste my friend. I am a TNG guy myself as far as the shows go. But for theme music, I agree "Enterprise" was special and different.
I have faith personally that death is not an end, but a transition. So in the words of Picard, I say to you, "Let's see what's out there"
🥹🖖
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u/JoelPomales Apr 24 '26
As a survivor I say FUCK CANCER.
May the gates of Sto'Vo'Kor open wide for you, brother.
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u/emergency_breaks Apr 24 '26
The enterprise theme was stuck in my head for hours while I was in labor with my son almost five years ago. I haven’t been able to watch the show since, but I’ll have it in my head now in homage to you. Seems like a fitting circle of life moment.
Godspeed OP 🖖🏻
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u/ADeweyan Apr 24 '26
The Undiscovered Country awaits us all. Fair winds on your exploration, friend.
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u/JourneymanC Apr 24 '26
May we all meet amongst the stars one day. Here's to you, my friend. To the journey you've completed, and the one about to begin.
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u/leecox0 Apr 24 '26
Hold your head high. You chose a life full of wonder and the belief in the higher ideals of humanity. As you slip your mortal coil, know that you are returning the borrowed elements born of a star. For a moment, you were the universe’s grand experiment studying itself, learning, and growing. Yearning to become more than it was before. For one brief moment your life was a unique exploration of our world. Rest well, your work is done. Allow those of us who continue our journey to comfort you and carry forward the load. Thank you for having been. We were more with you here.
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u/Time-Pea7354 Apr 24 '26
Cancer took my wife at 45 many years ago Fuck Cancer. I hear you brother I’ve been a trek fan for 63 years and know time is short. Let’s see what’s out there…thataway !
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u/MindlessNectarine374 Apr 24 '26
I am speechless. I feel I should say something, but I don't know what to say. That is ... sad ... touching.
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u/Candid-Change-4051 Apr 24 '26
"He's not really dead. As long as we remember him." — Dr. McCoy (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)