coping with a terminal illness theme
Someone experiences having a terminal illness.
Examples
McCoy diagnosed himself with xenopolycythemia, a rare blood disease that is always terminal, in tos3x10 "For the World is Hollow and I have Touched the Sky".
86 total · 11 choice · 38 major · 37 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| bridesheadrevisited1981e1x07 | choice | At the center of this story is the dying Lady Marchmain and her desire to be reunited with her estranged son, Sebastian, who ran away from her to wallow in dipsomania in Morocco. Lady Marchmain also sought to apologize to Charles. Her two daughters waited on her deathbed. |
| ds95x19 | choice | Tekeny Ghemor diagnosed with Yarim Fel Syndrome |
| movie: Dark Victory (1939) | choice | The story concerns Judith's, and her friends', struggle to come to terms with the fact that she was suffering from terminal glioma. It concerns the manner in which Judith would eventually choose to meet her inevitable fate. At first Judith resolved to booze her head off, but she later let herself be convinced that she must lead out her few remaining days in a more meaningful manner. |
| movie: Robot Stories (2003): Clay | choice | The main character John coped with having a year left to live owing to an incurable lung infection. |
| talesfromtheloop1x04 | choice | The story regards Russ and others' coming to terms with the fact that Russ was terminally ill with very little time left. |
| tng2x22 | choice | Riker :: Riker |
| tos3x10 | choice | McCoy :: McCoy |
| tz2002e1x32 | choice | Ray was given six months left to live due to an inoperable brain tumor. |
| voy1x05 | choice | Neelix with lungitis |
| voy6x24 | choice | Lewis Zimmerman had a few months to live; The Doctor was made to believe his primary matrix was degrading beyond repair |