UPDATE:
Sameer has graciously offered the below special free copy of his book One Fine Day that recounts his stroke experience to listeners:

Please enjoy one free copy of One Fine Day: Overcoming Adversity and Embracing the New Normal with Grace and Gratitude, now available on Audible. Redeem the one-time use code below at https://www.audible.com/acx-promo

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Are there geographic restrictions to use promo codes? 

No, as long as the users who are going to receive the promotional codes have an Amazon.com account (for promotional codes for the US marketplace) or an Amazon.co.uk account (for the UK marketplace), the codes can be redeemed without problem.

Folks can buy the audio book at Amazon  https://www.sameerbhide.com/order-now

Sameer Bhide's life was on track.  Family, friends, career, many interests to pursue.  Then one day, out of no where, his brain says, "Stop!" A stroke.  A genetic condition caused his stroke so there wasn't really much he could have done to prevent it.  So now he had to deal with the aftermath.  A month in a medically induced coma left hime a bit bewildered, at a loss as he awoke to a completely new situation, one where he couldn't talk or move most of his body. On the surface it's hard to see it now, but in many ways he was lucky. He had his cognitive function, he had his family and friends around him. and he had good medical care to help him process his situation. Not everyone has that many factors in the plus column. 

Sameer made the most of his rehab services here in the states and he made good progress.  And on top of that foundation, he then added an extended stay at a facility in India call Nimba. there he continued with the therapy he was doing in the US and he added meditation, yoga and massage, among others.  The progress Sameer was able to make in two months at Nimba was vast going from a wheel chair to walking with a cane.  He credits his progress to the marriage of both  eastern and western medicine.  Either one alone would not have worked as well for him, but the two together produced results Sameer is happy with and continuing to build on to this day.

His story is rich with challenges as he struggles with recovery, having to leave his career as a business and technology consultant,  divorce, and rotator cuff surgery and even getting waylaid in India after that surgery due to COVID travel constraints.  He shares this story with us and in his book One Fine Day which is available through his website https://www.sameerbhide.com/.  

A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music:Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com.

Thank you to RØDE Microphones for donating the NT-USB microphone that was used to record the intro and outro to this story. You can check it out on their website at http://www.rode.com/microphones/nt-usb. I'm looking forward to using it more completely on my next story.