LONDON, Ontario - s4story -- Living Life in Fast Forward  is more than a memoir. Author James J. Hammond shares the raw truth about what it's like to pursue your vision when you've been given an expiration date.

The lessons James learned from a life that was sped up are powerful for everyone, but especially for those facing a terminal prognosis, as well as their families and their physicians.

By looking at your life from a fast-forward perspective you can:

• Reset your priorities to pull forward the most important things
• Find your purpose to greatly impact your quality of life
• Learn to care for yourself so you can be at your best
• Understand how empathy for others is different than sympathy for them
• Express genuine appreciation for your most important relationships

The lessons James learned from a life that was sped up are powerful for everyone, but especially for those facing a terminal prognosis, as well as their families and their physicians.

What Others Have Said:

Living with cancer is devastatingly difficult, but dying young is by far the hardest. In his book, James has accurately and succinctly explained what every single person with cancer should consider. He has artfully and eloquently told the truth. He has embodied that shift of hope we ask our patients to embrace, and if only, everyone could follow. This is not a memoir, but a series of lessons which need to be learned by patients, their families, and most especially, us, the oncologists. James's legacy will continue to live through his family, but his words will enliven everyone who reads them.

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Dr. Abha Gupta, MD MSc FRCPC
Staff Oncologist, Hospital for Sick Children/Princess Margaret Cancer Center
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto
Medical Director, Adolescent and Young Adult Program, PM

During his two-year journey with cancer, James had a chance to think and write about his life and its premature ending. We have the privilege to read those thoughts in this remarkable book. It was clearly written to bring some comfort to people who will travel down the same path, and those who accompany them. In particular, they will learn what they too might experience, and how one person learned to overcome his fears and live the rest of his life to the fullest.

Dr. Allan Detsky, MD PhD CM
Professor, Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and Medicine
University of Toronto

About the Author:

James Hammond received an Honors Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and an Honors Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science from Western University and became an Associate of both the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. He grew up in London, Ontario, and lived most recently in the Beaches neighborhood of Toronto with his wife and their Bernese Mountain Dog.

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James was first diagnosed with cancer, Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma (A-RMS), a rare and often lethal form of pediatric sarcoma, at age twenty-six. Following nine months of intensive treatment, he was deemed "cancer-free," returning to his routine of hard work, exercise, and spending time with friends and family, along with a new appreciation for life's ups and downs.

Unfortunately, a few weeks before his twenty-eighth birthday, James's cancer returned and he restarted even more aggressive treatment. Ten months later, following a routine procedure, he went into cardiac arrest and could not be resuscitated.

The James J. Hammond Fund was established to positively impact many future patients facing similarly dire situations and, ultimately, offer them a cure.

For more information, visit JJHFund.org

Living Life in Fast Forward is available everywhere books are sold.