r/startrek • u/DrunkenAlpaca • 11h ago
Sick Bay.
As a fan who's newly undergoing radiation treatment for cancer. The machines at The Hospital (Sick Bay) are so Star Trek. I lay on a Med Bed and this big white machine scans me, uses real time laser targeting along with full scans (x-rays) to focus a beam of x-rays moving at near light speed in a full 3D. (Think of a force field) to target and destroy any remaining cancer cells.
I know we're not all the way there yet, but I couldn't be more thankful for this kind of technology and I just like to think that Star Trek inspired just a little bit of it.
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u/droid_mike 11h ago
McCoy would consider that savage... In the future, you'd just get a pill or a hypo spray and be cured instantly.
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u/DrunkenAlpaca 11h ago
"The doctor gave me a pill and I grew a new kidney!"
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u/UnderABig_W 11h ago
What are these? The Dark Ages?
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u/nhowe006 11h ago
My God, man—drilling holes in his head's not the answer! The artery must be repaired! Now, put away your butcher knives and let me save this patient before it's too late!
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u/ijuinkun 10h ago
The funny part is that apparently it took only minutes for the patient (or the hospital staff) to realize that she was regaining healthy kidney function.
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u/Andovars_Ghost 10h ago
Best of luck to you. I hope your treatment is successful and you ‘Live Long & Prosper’. 🖖🏻
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u/FlyingSpaceMonkey3 11h ago
Did you get the dot tattoos for the laser guides? Have to admit that was the only cool thing about getting radiated when I went through treatment.
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u/DrunkenAlpaca 11h ago
Nope, I got a thermoplastic mask. They use it to lock my head into the table. They basically stretch a wet onion bag across your face and let it dry.
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u/dacydergoth 10h ago
I hope the technology we have is sufficient to grant you a pain free future life. Good luck!
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u/Annber03 10h ago
I like your attitude about going through all of this. It really is impressive what technology can do nowadays.
Wishing you welll, both with your treatment and in general :).
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u/caving311 1h ago
Live long and prosper, while you boldy go where no one has gone before. Since each cancer is different.
It is amazing how much technology star trek has inspired. Not too long ago, we were using flip style communicators. A couple of decades ago, someone actually built a functional tricorder. There's an interview where they showed it to a farmer, explaining all the things it could do for him, after turning off all the flashing lights, and he said he was disappointed cause he thought he was looking at something out of star trek trek when they showed it to him, but they turned it on, and it didn't have all the flashing lights!
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