A new book offers a blueprint for living well while surviving cancer. Its author has been there and done that.

In his debut memoir, No Expiration Dates: A Cancer Patient's Strategies for Survival, Leon Weisman recounts his battle with lung cancer.  In doing so, he offers practical advice about the emotional and social changes that a cancer diagnosis can bring to a patient embarking on the fight to stay alive, as well as to the patient's family.

With literary quotes from his teaching career, humorous observations about his time as a patient, and his insight into the mental pressures of such a life-threatening disease, Weisman covers topics such as doctor-patient relationships, the importance of a support system for patient and family, and the world of chemotherapy.

Weisman includes the medical details and firsthand hospital experience that cancer patients need when approaching doctors about their treatments, but he also understands that the heart must be healed as well. Laughter is truly the best medicine, and his storytelling is designed to offer comfort to those who have suffered at the hand of cancer.

Not least of all, the book embodies the spirit of a person with a new lease on life.

The book is available from http://www.iUniverse.com, http://www.bn.com, and http://www.amazon.com.