2016 Pikes Peak Challenge Summit Hiker: Bruce Thomson

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I recieved my TBI, 7/17/, 1982, 40 days after my Honorable Discharge from the United States Air Force and just 45 days from my 22nd birthday....I am an old hand at living with this silent epidemic, that is called TBI. What frustrates me (just about everything) is that the only medical frontier left is the human brain and we really do not know more today than we did in 1982. TBI remains a mystery to all but those of us who live with it everyday because on the outside we look Great!
I even went on to graduate college after my accident. I felt on top of the world! I had defied the odds; survived a high speed motor vehicle accident, 10 day coma, and months of personal rehab........there were no outpatient services in 1982; my recovery is a little me and a whole lotta God. So...off I go with my diploma to make a difference in my little corner of the world; I recently retired from working...my work history would embarrass most. It did me too until, I accepted my brain injury and that I was disabled; I had accepted the brain injury long ago, not the disability.
Brain Injury is different for each of us; I failed in the workplace because I lack the ability to process information from multiple inputs simultaneously. College gives you a course syllabus; the workplace does not. I did my best but my best was not good enough. So...now I am becoming involved in advocacy work; I have always wanted to be a 14'er and saw this as an opportunity to cross that off my bucket list. I also walk to raise awareness and support for Medical Cannabis, hence the team name Bruce's Buds.
Thanks for reading my Bio...as I tap on my key board the tears are streaming down my cheeks because there are SO many survivors who cannot type on a keyboard or talk or walk or do any of the things that so many take for granted...and that is why I will do this; planning on making this an annual event, for as long as I am able, to help raise awareness for my peer group and society. Thanks. :-)

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Event: September 10, 2016

Akron, CO

Team: Bruce's Buds

I’m participating in the Pikes Peak Challenge Summit Hike to support the Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado (BIAC).

Did you know that there are over 500,000 adults who have sustained a TBI and are living with a disability in Colorado and that almost 5,000 individuals are hospitalized each year?

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