Nashville Author Releases Unusual Book about Living with Cancer

Dec. 3, 2011 - PRLog -- Teri Simon learned in December of 2009, via an eye exam, that she had stage 4 metastatic lung cancer.  As a never-smoker, this news came as a complete shock.  She began writing a weekly blog for a select group of friends, to let them know her health status and to avoid having to repeat upsetting information over and over.  One of her "blog buddies" suggested she publish her blog posts in book form.  The result is Perspectives of a Flying Elephant, My  First Year in the Land of Lung Junk.

"But no one is going to buy a book about lung cancer," said Simon.  In fact, the book isn't so much about having cancer as it is about living with it, and living well and happily.  The book's unusual format makes it an easy read, and the author's frame of mind makes it an inspiration to others who are dealing with life-altering challenges.

The author’s greatest wish is that readers who are struggling with illness or any other sort of “junk” will find something here to make their journeys a little easier, a little lighter, a little smarter, and a little more peaceful.

Three-quarters of the proceeds from the sale of the book benefit Gilda's Club Nashville, LUNGevity, and the National Lung Cancer Partnership.  It is available from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/Perspectives-Flying-Elephant-First-... and more information can be found at http://www.flyingelephantbook.com, the author's website.